[CTcard]

Begging the question = assuming the conclusion
Begging the question ≠ raising the question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

I only brought it up because misuse of the phrase was one of Mick's pet peeves.

Well, yes, but it seemed a shorter more direct response.

I did find this line in the Wikipedia article amusing,
"In contexts that demand strict adherence to a technical definition of the term, many consider these usages incorrect." [these usages are "beg the question" = "raise the question"]

While the phrase comes out of classical Greek dialectics, and apparently a mistranslation thereof, it is not clear to me that a colloquial phrase can have a technical definition or just what would be a context that would demand strict adherence. The footnote in Wikipedia implies that context is the New York Times.

Later on, the article implies that the phrase may have technical legal or philosophical meaning - though the quotations seem to end up with grammarians. I am sure we have lawyers here, not sure about professional philosophers.
Does anyone know if "begging the question" is a technical phrase in these fields?

[CTcard]

Begging the question = assuming the conclusion
Begging the question ≠ raising the question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

I only brought it up because misuse of the phrase was one of Mick's pet peeves.

Well, yes, but it seemed a shorter more direct response.

I did find this line in the Wikipedia article amusing,
"In contexts that demand strict adherence to a technical definition of the term, many consider these usages incorrect." [these usages are "beg the question" = "raise the question"]

While the phrase comes out of classical Greek dialectics, and apparently a mistranslation thereof, it is not clear to me that a colloquial phrase can have a technical definition or just what would be a context that would demand strict adherence. The footnote in Wikipedia implies that context is the New York Times.

Later on, the article implies that the phrase may have technical legal or philosophical meaning - though the quotations seem to end up with grammarians. I am sure we have lawyers here, not sure about professional philosophers.
Does anyone know if "begging the question" is a technical phrase in these fields?