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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 758920" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p><h3>Loaded question</h3><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#mw-head" target="_blank">Jump to navigation</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#searchInput" target="_blank">Jump to search</a></p><p>A <strong>loaded question</strong> or <strong>complex question</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question" target="_blank">question</a> that contains a controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_assumption" target="_blank">assumption</a> (e.g., a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_guilt" target="_blank">presumption of guilt</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><p>Such questions may be used as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric" target="_blank">rhetorical</a> tool: the question attempts to limit direct replies to be those that serve the questioner's agenda.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The traditional example is the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Whether the respondent answers yes or no, they will admit to having a wife and having beaten her at some time in the past. Thus, these facts are <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presupposed" target="_blank">presupposed</a></em> by the question, and in this case an entrapment, because it narrows the respondent to a single answer, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_many_questions" target="_blank">fallacy of many questions</a> has been committed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The fallacy relies upon context for its effect: the fact that a question presupposes something does not in itself make the question <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacious" target="_blank">fallacious</a>. Only when some of these presuppositions are not necessarily agreed to by the person who is asked the question does the argument containing them become fallacious.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Hence, the same question may be loaded in one context, but not in the other. For example, the previous question would not be loaded if it were asked during a trial in which the defendant had already admitted to beating his wife.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p><p>This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy" target="_blank">informal fallacy</a> should be distinguished from that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question" target="_blank">begging the question</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-begging-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> which offers a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premise" target="_blank">premise</a> whose plausibility depends on the truth of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition" target="_blank">proposition</a> asked about, and which is often an implicit restatement of the proposition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-SD-4" target="_blank">[4]</a></p><h3>Contents</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#Defense" target="_blank">1Defense</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#Historical_examples" target="_blank">2Historical examples</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#See_also" target="_blank">3See also</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#References" target="_blank">4References</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#External_links" target="_blank">5External links</a></li> </ul><h3>Defense[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/with-index.php?title=Loaded_question&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h3><p>A common way out of this argument is not to answer the question (e.g. with a simple 'yes' or 'no'), but to challenge the assumption behind the question. To use an earlier example, a good response to the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" would be "I have <em>never</em> beaten my wife".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-POL-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> This removes the ambiguity of the expected response, therefore nullifying the tactic. However, the asker is likely to respond by accusing the one who answers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_dodging" target="_blank">dodging the question</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 758920, member: 18958"] [HEADING=2]Loaded question[/HEADING] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#mw-head']Jump to navigation[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#searchInput']Jump to search[/URL] A [B]loaded question[/B] or [B]complex question[/B] is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question']question[/URL] that contains a controversial [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_assumption']assumption[/URL] (e.g., a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_guilt']presumption of guilt[/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Such questions may be used as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric']rhetorical[/URL] tool: the question attempts to limit direct replies to be those that serve the questioner's agenda.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2'][2][/URL] The traditional example is the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Whether the respondent answers yes or no, they will admit to having a wife and having beaten her at some time in the past. Thus, these facts are [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presupposed']presupposed[/URL][/I] by the question, and in this case an entrapment, because it narrows the respondent to a single answer, and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_many_questions']fallacy of many questions[/URL] has been committed.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2'][2][/URL] The fallacy relies upon context for its effect: the fact that a question presupposes something does not in itself make the question [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacious']fallacious[/URL]. Only when some of these presuppositions are not necessarily agreed to by the person who is asked the question does the argument containing them become fallacious.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2'][2][/URL] Hence, the same question may be loaded in one context, but not in the other. For example, the previous question would not be loaded if it were asked during a trial in which the defendant had already admitted to beating his wife.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-Walton-2'][2][/URL] This [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy']informal fallacy[/URL] should be distinguished from that of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question']begging the question[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-begging-3'][3][/URL] which offers a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premise']premise[/URL] whose plausibility depends on the truth of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition']proposition[/URL] asked about, and which is often an implicit restatement of the proposition.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-SD-4'][4][/URL] [HEADING=2]Contents[/HEADING] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#Defense']1Defense[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#Historical_examples']2Historical examples[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#See_also']3See also[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#References']4References[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#External_links']5External links[/URL] [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Defense[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/with-index.php?title=Loaded_question&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] A common way out of this argument is not to answer the question (e.g. with a simple 'yes' or 'no'), but to challenge the assumption behind the question. To use an earlier example, a good response to the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" would be "I have [I]never[/I] beaten my wife".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question#cite_note-POL-5'][5][/URL] This removes the ambiguity of the expected response, therefore nullifying the tactic. However, the asker is likely to respond by accusing the one who answers of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_dodging']dodging the question[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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