Whats the purpose of a question when the question is questioned & answers are challenged?

Answer 1

Well, a question is an attempt to gain information. Sometimes a question is not stated well, and it needs to be clarified what the person is really seeking to learn. That is why question is sometimes questioned.

Like when we ask someone, "Why are you asking that?" We're trying to find out more about the person and what they are seeking, so that we can answer better. Sometimes questions are just too vague, and we need to be able to question those questions in order to provide really good answers.

Answers can also be challenged for good reasons. It may be that the person who answers does not really know. I've seen several answers that seemed to miss the point of the question entirely. Just because someone answers a question doesn't mean that we have to accept their answer. Challenging an answer means that we are really seeking a good response--not just any response.

Second, answers might be challenged because we are dealing with questions (sometimes) where the right answer is not at all clear. In those situations, every answer is based on a person's perspective or belief system--and we need to "challenge" the answer and find out more about the perspective which supports that answer in order to know whether we agree.

So there are good reasons to challenge answers, and there are good reasons to question questions. Why do you ask? ;-)

Answer 2

In fact a question which elicits a counterquesion challenging its very validity is the question par excellence It shows that the counterquestioner has fathomed the apparent shallowness if not the inherently wrong attitude of the questioner. The Hindu treatises begin wih questions and the answers they received and the counters. As a Sanskrit stanza goes,"The truth will come out only with such round of questions,counterquestions,answers and question them also. The teachings of Socrates also follow the same pattern. Platos Conversation of Creto and Phido partake of the same nature.It would not be far wrong to say that no question can have a final answer. An Indian sage is reported to have been peeved with is disciple by his constatly pestering him with counterquestion and cursed him to go to Hell.and ask obtainanswers from Satarn. Far from being peeved the disciple went straight to Hell and nombarded Satan with the queries. As the disciple had not come to Hell after the prerequisiite of dying the satan ,even if angry by the challenge, could not do anything and had to meet all his queries.(Stories of Nachiketa) So round of question-counte questions,answers and counterquestion on them is necesary . Moreover, some answers may seem adequate for the time being but with the passage of time the inadequate thereof ,if not the irrelevance comes forth and the same cycle has to start.

Answer 3

Every question starts off as an unresolved matter. It ignites a thought. It causes a quest for knowledge, a search for right answers, moments of self reflection and interpretation. In the process, the question may need validation from where and why it was stemmed- because every question is derived from personal and individual thought processes. The questioning of the question helps gain clarity for why the question was asked or needed to be asked, inorder to be effectively resolved. Once answers are derived, they come from many different realms of experience, knowledge, interpretations, and viewpoints. They are challenged because the goal is to prove the right answer amongst these competing realms. In conclusion, the purpose of a question is, indeed, what it is intended to be: " An expression of inquiry which requires an answer." Thus, before it becomes an answer, the question must be handled as an unresolved matter.

Answer 4

The purpose of a question is to get an answer that is acceptable to the person answering. If that person is going to challenge every answer they get, then they probably already know the answer, but just want some validation.


Hope that helps.

Answer 5

That's the purpose of a questioned: to be questioned and have your answers challenged.

Answer 6

The questions are to answer the question questioned and the answers that are challenged are to see if you really know the answer to the question you asked lol

Answer 7

I would say that the fact that the question was questioned gives it new dimensions in an argument. Also answers need to be challenged in order to prove they are correct or as close to correct as possible. And challenges are good, they keep your brain sharp and focused.

Answer 8

Curiosity kills the cat! but not humans.It is one of our great essence to keep questioning,answering and then challenging the answer.It is also the key factor to progress.Human nature can not stagnate.When challenging an answer it is important to listen,think,make your clear point of view,than add your comment.With time and each learning we change our own point of view.Without questioning no science progress. Can go on for ever....

Answer 9

Exactly!!!
What would a question be if the answers weren't challenged....then it wouldn't be a question if the question isn't questioned. Wouldn't make for good conversation if people didn't have something to say about it.

Answer 10

The purpose, presumably, is to get to a resolve of that which is inquired. If the inquiry prompts another to question, rather than answer, to the inquirer's liking and /or preference than I sense that the "inquiring mind" really doesn't want an answer, only recognition of their own thinking and not the responders',...
So, rethink, or pose your question
in another manner or forum
and recognize;
re-cognition.

Peacefully.