Please do Dr. Ink a favor. Please stop using the phrase “begs the question.” Why? Because you are using it incorrectly. How does Doc know? Because he’s been using it incorrectly for years. Some ...

I took a Logic class my freshman year in college and could not then — or now — tell you the difference between a syllogism and a window sill. That confession of logical incompetence begs the question ...

Begging the question' is a type of logic error that refers to the state that 'a proposition to be proved is included in an assumption or premise'. It's not a phrase ...

The word "irony" is often used incorrectly. To explain the proper usage, I went to the website called IsItIronic.com. I came away more confused than ever about how to describe it. That is irony, I ...

All right, now it's time for a new segment I'm doing in the twilight hours of my BPP time called Ways Trisha McKinney screwed up. McKINNEY: Mm-hmm. BURBANK: …there's always a special music. Okay, ...

Years ago I wrote in this space that I don’t recall ever hearing someone use “beg the question” to mean “raise the question.” A blogger stumbled across the column and deemed my assertion highly ...

Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 178, No. 3 (March 2021), pp. 785-809 (25 pages) Disagreement and debunking arguments threaten religious ...

The word "irony" is often used incorrectly. To explain the proper usage, I went to the website called IsItIronic.com. I came away more confused than ever about how to describe it. That is irony, I ...

I heard Monday from a reader who had a question about the expression “that begs the question.” He wrote: “I may have just missed it along the line somewhere but I’ve been following your writing for a ...