Questions and questioning

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This work delves into the multifaceted nature of questioning across various domains, exploring its significance in philosophy, science, language, and literature. The introduction sets the stage by examining the essence of problematic knowledge. The first section addresses the historical context of questioning and philosophical inquiries, posing whether some questions are unanswerable. The second section transitions to the philosophy of science, contrasting problem-solving approaches with truth-seeking epistemologies, and highlights the role of questioning in scientific discourse and education. The third section investigates the interplay between questioning, language, and discourse, presenting theories on meaning, identity, and epistemic closure. The fourth section focuses on reasoning, discussing fallacies in question-asking, understanding responses, and the nature of vain questions. The fifth section emphasizes the context of questioning, analyzing the pragmatics of answers, the dynamics of the question-answer sequence, and conversational questioning. Finally, the sixth section examines questioning within literary rhetoric, using Kafka as a focal point to illustrate the existential dimensions of questioning. The book concludes with biographical notes, a bibliography, and indexes, providing a comprehensive exploration of the role of questioning in human thought and communication.