Monday, August 25, 2008

Complex Question

You commit this fallacy when you frame a question so that some controversial presupposition is made by the wording of the question.

Example:

[Reporter's question] Mr. President: Are you going to continue your policy of wasting taxpayer's money on missile defense?
The question unfairly presumes the controversial claim that the policy really is a waste of money. The fallacy of complex question is a form of begging the question.

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