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Subject: Re: [OM] blue gold or whatever
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:50:38 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
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>No! No! Arrrrggggggg! Improper use of begging the question. Begging the 
>question refers 
>to circular reasoning and stands alone. No question follows begging the 
>question. All of 
>this _raises_ some questions . . . etc. Wikipedia: Begging the question means 
>“assuming 
>the conclusion (of an argument)", a type of circular reasoning. This is an 
>informal 
>fallacy where the conclusion that one is attempting to prove is included in 
>the initial 
>premise of an argument, often in an indirect way that conceals this fact.
>

     The best example of circular reasoning I can think of is Jean Paul 
Sartre's "Being and Nothingness", where the purpose of the book seemed to be to 
prove it's own thesis.


Chris

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     - Hunter S. Thompson
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