| 单词 | to beg the question |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beg the question 6. To take for granted without warrant; esp. in to beg the question: to take for granted the matter in dispute, to assume without proof. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [verb (intransitive)] > beg the question to beg the question1581 1581 W. Charke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iv. sig. F f iij I say this is still to begge the question. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 82 This was to assert or beg the thing in Question. 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 13 Here hee's at his old way of Begging the meaning. 1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic v. §3. 118 Begging the question is when the thing to be proved is assumed in the premises. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith (ed. 2) 251 Many say it is begging the point in dispute. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic ix. 294 The vulgar equivalent for petitio principii is begging the question. < as lemmas |
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