question
linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or the request made using such an expression
capital question of Switzerland
controversy whether Switzerland should have a capital, and if so, which city it should be
suggestive question
linguistic expression
leading question
question that suggests a particular answer, often answerable with yes or no
Trick question
question that confuses the person asked
Boy or Girl paradox
paradox in probability theory
mandarin paradox
ethical parable about the difficulty of fulfilling moral obligations when moral punishment is unlikely or impossible
Query
question used for reflection and spiritual exercises among members of the Society of Friends
Interrogatories
civil procedure in the US
current affairs question
exam question based around recent events in politics, economics, international relations or culture
echo question
type of question
rhetorical question
figure of speech in the form of a question, asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer
Fermi problem
estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis or approximation
open-ended question
type of question
if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
philosophical thought experiment
complex question
question that has a built-in supposition
tag question
grammatical structure which turns a statement into a question
Who is a Jew?
basic question about Jewish identity
closed-ended question
questions with fixed responses available
binding problem
term used at the interface between neuroscience, cognitive science and philosophy of mind that has multiple meanings
direct question
question that is expressed in a main clause
conundrum question
a tricky question that poses a problem that initially does not appear to be solvable
preliminary questions
part of legal proceedings
mathematical problem
problem that can be possibly solved via mathematics
research question
question that a research project sets out to answer
Where have you been for eight years?
Russian propagandist slogan