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发帖数: 217 | 1 How is `beg the question' used?
The expression beg the question began as a (rather misleading) translation
of the Latin petitio principii. This expression refers to a type of false
reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from a premise which is really the
same as the conclusion (but expressed in different words). Some people still
think this is the only correct meaning of beg the question. However, this
expression is rarely used with this meaning now.
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