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"It’s WILDLY out of fashion (like, a hundred years out of fashion!) to complain
about a usage that has changed in the natural cut and thrust of language, so I
won’t. But I will say that what “Begging the question” used to mean is quite
useful and quite interesting, whereas what it mostly means now (“Raising the
question”) is only somewhat useful and not very interesting at all. What it
used to mean — in fairness to literally everyone who uses it to mean
something different — is based on a series of hilariously bad translations.
It’s a term in logic for someone who’s using circular reasoning, specifically:
* Using the point you’re trying to prove as a premise for your argument.
There are a few standard ways of doing this."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
