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>On Jan 19, 12:21 pm, Stefano MacGregor <esperant...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Jan 19, 9:21 am, richardhut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > I have asked this before on here I believe. Well, the death of
>> > Fischer begs the question once more.
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>> You're wrong, of course. Fisher's death does not beg the question.
>>
>> At most, it may cause someone to ask a question. It definitely does
>> not attempt to prove something, using the thing to be proved as
>> evidence to its own truthfulness.
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>If you think about the 1970s and how Chess was king of the tabletop,
>and got a ton of media coverage, you think of Fischer. With the
>passing of Fischer, you can start to think of those days and wonder
>why chess isn't on TV. This is what is meant here by that question.
If that's the meaning, then the question is raised, posed or prompted -
not, as Stefano rightly says, begged.
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David Parlett
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