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		lmm on Dec 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than ... I've never seen anyone actually using the precise meaning of "beg the question". So I think we're better off with the more common usage.

philwelch on Dec 28, 2012 [–]

You've never talked to philosophers.

Educated people managed to save the word "irony" from Alanis Morissette, I don't think "beg the question" is lost yet.

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