Rainer Ebert signe un article intitulé “Question-Begging Arguments as Ones that do not Extend Knowledge” et paru dans Philosophy and Progress.

Résumé

In this article, I propose a formal criterion that distinguishes between deductively valid arguments that do and do not beg the question. I define the concept of a Never-failing Minimally Competent Knower (NMCK) and suggest that an argument begs the question just in case it cannot possibly assist an NMCK in extending his or her knowledge.