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    It is not the case that If the interlocutor disputes the major premise precisely because they dispute the conclusion, the argument provides no dialectical traction and thus begs the question in the pragmatically relevant sense.

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    • 1.An argument can be logically valid even if pragmatically ineffective; the claim conflates logical form with persuasive success.
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    • 2.Merely rejecting a premise because one rejects the conclusion doesn't prove the argument is circular—the person might be logically confused.
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    • 3.Some truths require arguments whose premises are obvious only to those who accept the conclusion; this doesn't make them question-begging in the traditional sense.
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    • 1.Begging the question requires circularity that prevents rational persuasion, which occurs when premises depend on disputing the conclusion.
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    • 2.If an interlocutor rejects the major premise only because they reject the conclusion, the argument fails its pragmatic purpose of moving them.
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    • 3.Dialectical traction means the argument can persuade someone who doesn't already accept its conclusion; circular arguments lack this capacity.
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