# begging the question

> type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion

**Wikidata**: [Q219429](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219429)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/begging-the-question


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013