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Where does “beg the question” come from?

beg the question (English) comes from Latin petitio principii.

beg the question (English): To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the...

Definitions

  1. To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the...

Ancestry of “beg the question”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpetitio principii—
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