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Your example of "begging the question" was an example of a false premise, but technically not begging the question.  Your question was "why does the ocean make the sky blue?".  It starts with the assumption that the ocean makes the sky blue.  But you are not trying to lead to the conclusion that the ocean makes the sky blue (whose [incorrect] answer was posited as part of the question), but rather you are asking why.

There are some good examples of begging the question here:

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies...stion.html

BC

[BostonCard]

Your example of "begging the question" was an example of a false premise, but technically not begging the question.  Your question was "why does the ocean make the sky blue?".  It starts with the assumption that the ocean makes the sky blue.  But you are not trying to lead to the conclusion that the ocean makes the sky blue (whose [incorrect] answer was posited as part of the question), but rather you are asking why.

There are some good examples of begging the question here:

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies...stion.html

BC