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Aron Griffis wrote: |
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> Duncan wrote: [Wed Jan 04 2006, 02:49:39PM EST] |
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>>Forget formal logic, it still "begs the question", in that it "begs |
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>>that the question be asked". |
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> No, the reason you used the expression "begs the question" is because |
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> it sounds familiar to you. Otherwise you would have said something |
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> like "brings up the question." The fact is that "begs the question" |
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> is an expression with a particular meaning, and it shouldn't be |
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> confused with the sum of its parts. |
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Altough, the primary function of the language is as a means of |
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communication. While I must agree that 'official' meaning of 'begs the |
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question' is not 'brings up the question', I believe the number of |
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English users who understands this statement in 'brings up' meaning |
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exceeds the number of formalists. |
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English is not a standard, until somebody RFC'd it. It's evolving, we |
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saw the career of podcasting, I believe we will see in 20 years: |
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begs the question: |
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brings up the question. (archaic: ...) |
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So, why not make this linguistic debate EOT for now... and resume it |
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with Gentoo 2020.0 ? |
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Best wishes, |
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Tomasz Mloduchowski |
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