4. Logical Fallacies: Begging The Question
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Using Jason Lisle's book, Logic and Faith and Discerning Truth, we go through some of the most common logical fallacies that are used in arguments today. #shorts
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- Third is begging the question.
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- The fallacy is committed when a person merely assumes what he or she is attempting to prove, or when the premise of an argument actually depends on its conclusion.
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- So the argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion rather than supporting it.
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- So you're basically baking your answer in the question or in the statement without proving it.
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- Here's a good example. I believe in alien spaceships. How else could aliens get here?
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- So you assume aliens exist, and I mean if they're here, obviously they had to come in something.
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- So your conclusion is baked right into the statement. Another one that would be a good example would be evolution must be true.
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- After all, it's a well -established fact of science. So it's called begging the question.