On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/21/2011 12:36 PM, stan wrote: >> That is one interpretation of "beg the question". However, when I >> use a phrase, it means exactly what I want it to mean, no more and no >> less. > > Thank you Mr. Humpty Dumpty. You do understand, don't you, that that > attitude makes communication impossible because there's no way for > anybody to know what you mean by what you say. > > The term "begging the question" is a translation of the Latin > term,petitio principii, which more accurately would translate as, > "assuming your conclusion." That is, you start out by assuming that A > is true then use that to prove something that is logically equivalent to > the statement "A is true." The term, I'll grant, is a bad choice > because it's not at all clear what it means and I personally prefer to > use "circular reasoning" for such things. Do you realize that when you treat someone the way you did that no one cares if your right? Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
