http://www.metafilter.com/tags/beggingthequestion Posts tagged with 'beggingthequestion' at MetaFilter. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:09:47 -0800 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:09:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68930/Begging%2DThe%2DQuestion <i>I don’t understand the term <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_nonexpert/begging_the_question.php">“begs the question.” </a>I know I use it incorrectly—or so I’ve been told—but I don’t know what I’m supposedly doing wrong. Can you explain?</i> The Morning News' <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_nonexpert/">The Non-Expert</a> tackles "the phrase that nobody understands." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68930 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:09:47 -0800 beggingthequestion phrase themorningnews thenonexpert amyms http://www.metafilter.com/48118/Begging%2Dthe%2DQuestion%2DDefined <a href="http://qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=693">Begging the Question, Defined</a> Thank you, Anthropomorphic T. Rex, for explained exactly what "begging the question" means, in an easily accessible format. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.48118 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:47:24 -0800 beggingthequestion rhetoric talkingdinosaurs John of Michigan