[p-e-w]

What other uses are there? I only know the phrase as a synonym for “assuming the conclusion”, i.e., a type of circular reasoning.

[Epa095]

People often use it instead of 'raises the question'. E.g "There was very little fallout to the Y2K bug, which begs the question: was the Y2K crisis real and well handled or not really a crisis at all?"

E.g https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22begs+the+question%22

[p-e-w]

Wow, now that you pointed this out, that interpretation actually makes far more sense than the “correct” one.