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32Loaded question — A loaded question is a question which contains a controversial assumption such as a presumption of guilt.[1] Such questions are used rhetorically, so that the question limits direct replies to be those that serve the questioner s agenda.[2] The… …
33Complex question — Complex question, trick question, multiple question or plurium interrogationum (Latin, of many questions ) is a question that has a presupposition that is complex. The presupposition is a proposition that is presumed to be acceptable to the… …
34Begging the question — Bust of Aristotle, whose Prior Analytics contained an early discussion of this fallacy. Begging the question (or petitio principii, assuming the initial point ) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed… …
35On the Jewish Question — For similar terms, see Jewish question (disambiguation). Part of a series on Marxism …
36America's Critical Period — The term, Critical Period, coined by John Quincy Adams, refers to the 1780’s, a time right after the American Revolution where the future of the newly formed nation was in the balance. Large amounts of debt, high taxes, foreign affairs, domestic… …
37Eastern Question — The Eastern Question , in European history, encompasses the diplomatic and political problems posed by the decay of the Ottoman Empire. The expression does not apply to any one particular problem, but instead includes a variety of issues raised… …
38sixty-four-dollar question — noun Etymology: so called from the fact that $64 was the highest award in the CBS radio quiz show “Take Italian or Leave It” (1941 48) : a crucial question expressing the basic issue on a problematical subject * * * /siks tee fawr dol euhr, fohr… …
39sixty-four-dollar question — /siks tee fawr dol euhr, fohr / the critical or basic question or problem: Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty four dollar question. Also, $64 question. [from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest… …
40Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity — is an influential article of around 35,000 characters in length by Chinese intellectual historian and literary scholar Wang Hui, written in 1994 and published in left wing literature journal Tianya in 1997.[1] It became the subject of intense… …
