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"Begging the question" does not mean "that implies the question." It is not a way to move dialog forwards.
It sounds sophisticated because it is. But it doesn't mean what you think.
Please stop!
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"Begging the Question" is an informal logical fallacy akin to "circular reasoning." It occurs when one of the assumptions in your argument is essentially equivalent to your conclusion.
Typically, that assumption is the thing that needs to be proved.
It is a useful phrase! Let's protect it!
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"Begging the Question" in the truest sense of the phrase.
Well done.
Don't you dare!
That is not "Begging the Question."
That "implies that we ask" or some such...
NO! This is not begging the question.
It is just a bad / invalid argument.
But no crafty premise, so not begging the question!
I'd still be ok if you call this one begging the question though 😉