Was bedeutet "sth beg the question" ?

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"Begging the question" is a logical fallacy in which a conclusion that you're attempting to prove true is assumed to be true before the argument begins, or that the premise otherwise lacks support.

For example, I want to prove that chocolate is healthy:

1. Everything that grows on trees is healthy.
2. Chocolate comes from cacao, which grows on trees.

Therefore, chocolate is healthy.

However, premise number one lacks support - in fact, it's easy to prove it false. I've begged the question - started with an assumption that made the conclusion true.

(In modern usage, however, it's come to mean the same as "raises the question". Don't do that. In fact, if you find someone using "begs the question" to mean "raises the question", get a big red pen and fix it. =P)