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Subject:Re: Dissing the phrase "begging the question" From:Sophia Goan <sophia -dot- goan -at- HEIMDALL -dot- SDRC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Jun 1997 12:58:36 -0400
> Not to veer overmuch into philosophy, but: to lose the "name" of a
> thing is to lose the thing itself.
If you are going to delve into philosophy for just a bit, keep in mind
that "begging the question" is a term which is used in philosophy...and
no matter how it mutates, its meaning will not change in philsophy since
it is part of that discourse community.
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Sophia Goan
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
sophia -dot- goan -at- sdrc -dot- com
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