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- DictionaryBeg the question
- ▪ (of a fact or action) raise a question or point that has not been dealt with; invite an obvious question
- ▪ assume the truth of an argument or proposition to be proved, without arguing it
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- Begging the question
Type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion
In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion. Historically, begging the question refers to a fault in a dialectical argument in which the speaker assumes some premise that has not been demonstrated to be true. In modern usage, it has come to refer to an argument in ... Wikipedia
