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ruzuzu Also see comments over on beg the question. Feb 27, 2012
takchess Begging the question (or petitio principii, "assuming the initial point") is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise.
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http://grammartips.homestead.com/begging.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
Feb 27, 2012