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so you're suggesting that the long established logical fallacy of 'begging the question' needs to find a new term to describe it because those words could mean other things
Yes. To most people they mean something else.
and they are better suited to describing a question that requires asking
Quite, hence why most people understand and use the term 'incorrectly'.
It doesn't matter what you or I think though. The popular meaning of the phrase has shifted already so you're fighting a losing battle.
fizzy.bleach
so you're suggesting that the long established logical fallacy of 'begging the question' needs to find a new term to describe it because those words could mean other things, and they are better suited to describing a question that requires asking, even tho the misused version of the phrase wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for the initial description of said fallacy which appears to have been erroneously appropriated by people attempting to appear smarter than really are?
no thanks, lol!