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In 2011 [[Anna Brożek]] published ''The Theory of Questions'' which started with philosophical context ([[ontology]], [[epistemology]]), then use in human intercourse, with a consideration of [[cognition]] and answers. Embedded questions and situational analysis are noted, as well as specific considerations with regard to science, psychology, and surveys. Concluding chapters consider legal proceedings, philosophical questions, and the history of erotetic study in Poland in the 20th-century.<ref>[[Anna Brożek]] (2011) ''The Theory of Questions: : Erotitics through the Prism of its Philosophical Background and Practical Applications'', Polish Analytical Philosophy volume 99, Brill/Rodopi, {{doi|10.1163/9789401207324}}</ref> |
In 2011 [[Anna Brożek]] published ''The Theory of Questions'' which started with philosophical context ([[ontology]], [[epistemology]]), then use in human intercourse, with a consideration of [[cognition]] and answers. Embedded questions and situational analysis are noted, as well as specific considerations with regard to science, psychology, and surveys. Concluding chapters consider legal proceedings, philosophical questions, and the history of erotetic study in Poland in the 20th-century.<ref>[[Anna Brożek]] (2011) ''The Theory of Questions: : Erotitics through the Prism of its Philosophical Background and Practical Applications'', Polish Analytical Philosophy volume 99, Brill/Rodopi, {{doi|10.1163/9789401207324}}</ref> |
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Erotetics has been used for insight into [[teaching]]: "To teach someone something is to answer that person’s questions about some subject matter."<ref>C.J.B. MacMillan & James W. Garrison (1988) ''A Logical Theory of Teaching: Erotetics and Intensionality'', Kluwer {{doi|10.1007/978-94-009-3067-4}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:26, 14 November 2019
Erotetics or erotetic logic is a part of logic, devoted to logical analysis of questions. It is sometimes called the logic of questions and answers.
The idea was originally developed by Richard Whately. For example, he noted the ambiguity of the interrogation "Why?". (1) It could be a reason, such as why the angles of a triangle sum to two right angles, or (2) a cause, such as why days are shorter in summer than winter, or (3) a design requirement as in a timepiece.[1] Whately's work was revived by Eugeniu Sperantia.[2] Other philosophers of erotetics include R. G. Collingwood and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr..[3] In 1955, Mary Prior and Arthur Prior coined the term erotetic logic.[4]
For most of the time, researchers concentrated on the related between questions and answers. Recently, more attention is given to the way question come from sentences or other questions, similar to entailment[5]. Some contributions in this direction are Jaakko Hintikka's interrogative model and Andrzej Wiśniewski's inferential erotetic logic (IEL). In the interrogative model, questioning is seen as game played between two parties. One of these parties may be reality.
In 2011 Anna Brożek published The Theory of Questions which started with philosophical context (ontology, epistemology), then use in human intercourse, with a consideration of cognition and answers. Embedded questions and situational analysis are noted, as well as specific considerations with regard to science, psychology, and surveys. Concluding chapters consider legal proceedings, philosophical questions, and the history of erotetic study in Poland in the 20th-century.[6]
Erotetics has been used for insight into teaching: "To teach someone something is to answer that person’s questions about some subject matter."[7]
References
- ^ Richard Whately (1845) Elements of Rhetoric, page 58, via Internet Archive
- ^ Eugeniu Sperantia (1936) "Remarques sur les propositions interrogatives". Projet d'une "logique du problème", Actes du Congrès International de Philosophie Scientifique, VII Logique, Paris,pp. 18–28.
- ^ Nuel D. Belnap, Jr. (1966) "Questions, Answers, and Presuppositions", The Journal of Philosophy 63(20): 609–11, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Sixty-Third Annual Meeting.
- ^ Mary Prior, Arthur Prior (1955) "Erotetic Logic", The Philosophical Review 64(1): pp. 43–59.
- ^ Joke Meheus. Adaptive logics for question evocation, Logique & Analyse, 2001, pp. 135–164
- ^ Anna Brożek (2011) The Theory of Questions: : Erotitics through the Prism of its Philosophical Background and Practical Applications, Polish Analytical Philosophy volume 99, Brill/Rodopi, doi:10.1163/9789401207324
- ^ C.J.B. MacMillan & James W. Garrison (1988) A Logical Theory of Teaching: Erotetics and Intensionality, Kluwer doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3067-4
- Whately, Richard (1875) Elements of Logic, Longman, Green & Co. (9th Edition, London)
- Jaakko Hintikka, Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientic Discovery
- R. G. Collingwood (1940) An Essay on Metaphysics via Google Books
- Andrzej Wiśniewski (1995) The Posing of Logical Questions, Springer Netherlands.