Not really to me, no. Questions can contain false hidden assumptions, be leading, be rhetorical, be impossible to answer coherently etc. But only answers can be incorrect. Questions are not claims about anything. — bert1
I accepted your answer. You cited many more good examples.↪PL Olcott Does this notion of incorrect question make sense?
(RESPONSE)
Yes, it is is possible to have an incorrect question. — Rocco Rosano
An incorrect question is defined as a question that lacks a correct
answer because there is something wrong with the question. — PL Olcott
Any question in which the object is beyond description is incorrect. — Rocco Rosano
↪PL Olcott
Uummm... I see a greater problem with the artificial constraint of the set of possible answers than I do with the questions, per sè. — LuckyR
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
was composed by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures as
an example of a sentence that is grammatically well-formed, but semantically
nonsensical. — PL Olcott
It would have a bit more bite to it if he replaced "colourless ideas" with an actual colourless idea. — flannel jesus
RE: Does the idea of incorrect questions make sense?
※→ et al,
No... It can be answered as a ratio. — Rocco Rosano
It seems to me like you can definitely ask bad questions. — Count Timothy von Icarus
An incorrect question is defined as a question that lacks a correct
answer because there is something wrong with the question. — PL Olcott
Can Carol correctly answer “no” to this [yes/no] question? — PL Olcott
What time is it (yes or no)? — PL Olcott
↪PL Olcott
Science necessarily entails elements of subjectivity. After all, it's about what we (subjects) think is going on in the world. — Count Timothy von Icarus
There is nothing wrong with the question concept. However it can be criticized as a fallacy known as a "False Dilemma." Then again, my answer might be considered hasty. — Rocco Rosano
Though one can argue there's no such thing as an inherently "yes/no" question, — LuckyR
↪PL Olcott
Exactly my point. Lawyers are almost universally understood to be a prime example of someone uninterested in the truth, and instead seek to manipulate others to give answers that serve the lawyer's best interest. — LuckyR
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