Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (22.09.2022) Shift-I
'There is no such thing as knowledge which cannot be carried into practice, for such knowledge is really no knowledge at all.' Which fallacy is committed in the above statement?
AFalse Cause
BBegging the Question ✓ Correct
CAmphiboly
DFallacy of Composition
Correct answer: (B) Begging the Question — The answer is begging the question.
Explanation
★The answer is begging the question.
★This fallacy occurs when an argument's premise already assumes its conclusion.
★The statement simply defines away any knowledge that cannot be practised.
★So it assumes the very point it claims to prove, which is begging the question.
★The reasoning moves in a circle rather than giving independent support.
★The other fallacies do not fit this circular form.
★So the answer is begging the question.
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