Skeptical scenarios (brain-in-vat, evil demon) are logically possible and our actual belief-forming processes cannot distinguish them, so ignoring such alternatives seems to beg the question against skepticism.
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Skeptical scenarios(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
Hypothetical situations designed to show that we might be wrong about what we think we know—like imagining you're dreaming or being tricked by an evil scientist.
begging the question(Listed alongside equivocation as an example of a fallacy that highlights important issues in real-life arguing)
A fallacy also known as circular reasoning
skepticism(Distinguished from relativism as understood in modern philosophy)
The position that we must suspend judgment about the nature of objects