"Begs the question"

[Wilson Gray]

A, you've brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.

-Wilson


On 2/3/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> "Begs (begging) the question" is heard on every hand nowadays, apparently
> intending a classier version of "raises (raising) the question...".  I was
> pleasantly surprised to run across a recent use (in David Ray Griffin's
> /The  9/11 Commission Report: Omissions & Distortions/)  recalling its
> --er, harrumph -- classic meaning of making a mere theorem axiomatic.  This
> is so rare in public discourse that I wanted to memorialize it here.
A, you've brought a tear to my eye.But  it appears to have provided
this support by simply ignoring all
> evidence to the contrary or dismissing any such evidence on the basis of
> the Commission's unquestioned and unquestionable assumption, thereby
> begging the question." (op. cit. p 58)
> AM
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