What 'begs the question'?
What 'begs the question' explained in a way that will not only make your head spin, but make perfect sense.
Here's a small excerpt from The Morning News:
The whole article is worth a quick read, if just to say that you've read it, which would make you smarter, if you weren't already the smartest person in the world.
:)
Here's a small excerpt from The Morning News:
Structurally, the above argument(Circular Reasoning) would look something like this:
* x implies y
* Assume x
* Therefore, y
Make a little more sense? Good. Let's move on to a slightly more complex version of this type of argument:
* Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton in the California democratic primary this coming Tuesday provided young people like me just get off their lazy asses and vote!
* It was?
* Fuck.
While circular arguments are technically valid, they aren't really recommended unless you are trying to prove the theory of intelligent design or something comparable. Again, I'm no logician, but it's a basic explanation that I hope will suffice.
* x implies y
* Assume x
* Therefore, y
Make a little more sense? Good. Let's move on to a slightly more complex version of this type of argument:
* Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton in the California democratic primary this coming Tuesday provided young people like me just get off their lazy asses and vote!
* It was?
* Fuck.
While circular arguments are technically valid, they aren't really recommended unless you are trying to prove the theory of intelligent design or something comparable. Again, I'm no logician, but it's a basic explanation that I hope will suffice.
The whole article is worth a quick read, if just to say that you've read it, which would make you smarter, if you weren't already the smartest person in the world.
:)
posted by discorax at 10:58 AM
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