http://www.fallacyfiles.org/begquest.html

Yes, that one's almost a completely lost issue. But they don't call me Pig
Quixote for nothing.

--pig


On 2/22/07 02:53, in article erjllv$g6h$2@qmul, "Hanne Gottliebsen"
wrote:

"begs the questions": I have only _ever_ heard it used in as "leads us
to ask".

Of course, I do proofs for a living, and end up using phrases like
"circular reasoning" even with friends/family not from work, who may not
be entirely sure what I mean by that...