THE LOGIC OF QUESTIONS AS A THEORY OF EROTETIC ARGUMENTS

Authors
WISNIEWSKI A
Citation
A. Wisniewski, THE LOGIC OF QUESTIONS AS A THEORY OF EROTETIC ARGUMENTS, Synthese, 109(1), 1996, pp. 1-25
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
Synthese → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397857
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7857(1996)109:1<1:TLOQAA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This paper argues for the idea that the logic of questions should focu s its attention on the analysis of arguments in which questions play t he role of conclusions. The relevant concepts of validity are discusse d and the concept of the logic of questions of a semantically interpre ted formalized language is introduced.