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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Can you explain what improper "begs the question" looks like...?

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Begging the question" is a logical fallacy wherein "the speaker assumes some premise that has not been demonstrated to be true.". However, "begs the question" is used more as where something creates a question.

So by the original "because the earth is flat the planet is not rotating." You assume the earth is flat to justify your point of no rotation. Whereas the common usage "the flat earth theory and other science conspiracies beg the question of why people don't drop dead by forgetting to breathe." Flat earth theory created questions about human intelligence.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah right. I wonder if that's the result of linguistic convergent evolution or however you'd term it, or if the common usage of "begs the question" arose from a misuse of the logical fallacy. I've not heard of the logical fallacy myself and only know it from the common colloquial usage, but English isn't my first language so not sure how common the knowledge of the logical fallacy is among native speakers.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

It's colloquial for a reason, convergence, misuse, or whatever I would say most English speakers would not know the logical fallacy. Maybe as something for people who do debate clubs/class but unlikely for others.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

I guess it would be when something doesn't actually lead one logically to a question? Idk