Bullshit Questions

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This paper argues that questions can be bullshit. First it explores some shallowly interrogative ways in which that can happen. Then it shows how questions can also be bullshit in a way that’s more deeply interrogative.

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10.1093/analys/anad002

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Dennis Whitcomb
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Bullshit activities.Kenny Easwaran - forthcoming - Analytic Philosophy.

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On Bullshit.Harry Frankfurt - 1986 - Philosophical Quarterly 56 (223):300-301.
Liar!Jonathan Webber - 2013 - Analysis 73 (4):651-659.
Implicating Questions.David Braun - 2011 - Mind and Language 26 (5):574-595.

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