Talk:Asking the question

Merge ?

 * Oppose. The difference from the fallacy of many questions is that the asking the question form would simply be "does he beat his wife ?". This does not make the claim that he has, in the past, beaten his wife, as "has he stopped beating his wife, yet ?" implicitly does.  The listener is supposed to think that it makes such a claim, but, in actuality, it does not. StuRat 18:37, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * However, I'm not certain of the name for this fallacy. It may have a different name, perhaps in Latin.  If anyone knows another name, please let me know, and I will rename/move it. StuRat 20:21, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I think that "asking the question" is synonymous with "loaded question", which is a form of "fallacy of many questions" according to the page. Anyway, I don't care which page it's merged into if you can find a better one; it's just obvious that it should be merged somewhere, and so far "many questions" seems to be the closest fit, if it's definition's a bit broader than you think it is and encompasses both "does he beat his wife?" and "has he stopped beating his wife yet?", when intended to implicitly cast ad hominem doubt on the person in question. -Silence 20:26, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Perhaps "loaded question" is the same, let's see what others say about it. StuRat 20:31, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Support. --CSTAR 22:32, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Support. Since "loaded question" redirects to "fallacy of many questions", that's where it should probably go. Fallacy names and concepts need to already be in popular usage before gaining their own articles. And "asking the question" is a silly fallacy name anyway. -Silence 22:38, 16 October 2005 (UTC)