Still Alive III: Lunchtime for Zombies

[Burgbud]

And I remember "begging the question" was one of the logical fallacies, like "ad hominem," and "post hoc ergo propter hoc."

Yep, that's the original context of the phrase. It's when you evade answering the question, like "begging off the question." If you're asked if you stole the peanut butter and you reply, "But I don't even *like* peanut butter!", you've begged the question.

It's mostly used now in a manner like: led to the obvious question. "The coach remarked that Smith was his best player that night, which begged the question, why wasn't Smith playing in the final minutes of the game?"