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Full Idea
To beg the question is to take for granted in your argument that very proposition which is being challenged
Gist of Idea
Question-begging assumes the proposition which is being challenged
Source
PG (Db (ideas) [2031])
A Reaction
An undoubted fallacy, and a simple failure to engage in the rational enterprise. I suppose one might give a reason for something, under the mistaken apprehension that it didn't beg the question; analysis of logical form is then needed.
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7415 | Question-begging assumes the proposition which is being challenged [PG] |