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What is beg the question?When the evidence to support a person’s argument is the argument itself, just restated or said differently. Usually when the person making the claim can’t think of any reasons to support their own claim. Person 1: Dogs are better than cats because they just are. beg the question - videoBeg the question - what is it?Phrase that is now used instead of "raises the question" due to the fact that the true definition is unintelligible to most people, and has little to do with an actual question. Common (wrong) usage: What does "beg the question" mean?From the Latin, petitio principii: to assert the truth of an unproven premise in the conclusion of an argument. Sometimes the unproven issue follows in the form of an indirect question. John: "Legalization should not happen, because no one in their right minds would allow that to be legal!" |
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