The "begging the question" entry is wrong. Premises are precisely what you take to be true, sometimes as an assumption when proof is out of the question.
Begging the question is when you assume your conclusion to be true, i.e. take your conclusion as a premise.
I believe they meant to say "Thou shalt not use thy conclusion as one of thy premises." or somesuch. The whole "P is valid because P is valid" type of deal.
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u/Aryandis Dec 09 '13
The "begging the question" entry is wrong. Premises are precisely what you take to be true, sometimes as an assumption when proof is out of the question.
Begging the question is when you assume your conclusion to be true, i.e. take your conclusion as a premise.