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Fraassen I 139
Question/C. L. Hamblin (1958)(1) Thesis: A question is clearly identified by its responses.
Fraassen: that can be regarded as a simplifying hypothesis similar to the propositions.
>Propositions, >Answers.
Then is Definition question/Hamblin/Fraassen: the amount of possible answers.
But it is not the disjunction of direct answers.
>Disjunction.
Otherwise we could undoubtedly no longer distinguish following different questions
E.g. Is the cat on the mat?
a) The cat is on the mat.
b) The cat is not on the mat.
Direct response: repeats the question.


1. C. L. Hamblin (1958) Questions. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 36(3): 159–168.

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