2006-08-08 17:06:37 · 22 answers · asked by janemarsdel 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes. There are three sorts of unanswerable questions.
1. Questions that are meaningless in some way. For example, "what color is Tuesday?".
2. Questions that make false assumptions. For example, "when was Bob Dole sworn in as President of the United States?"
3. Questions that call for a prediction about something that is not the case. For example, "If pigs could fly, would they snort or chirp?".
If you think the answers to these questions are, respectively, that question is meaningless, that question makes a false assumption, and that can't possibly be known, then you are confusing replying to a question with answering a question.
Every question implies the sort of answer it requires. The implied answer of 1 is a color, of 2 is a date, and of 3 is a sound. But since those answers cannot be given, those questions cannot be answered, they can only be replied to.
2006-08-08 20:11:42 · answer #1 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to ask a question without an answer. It is not possible to have an answer without a question. An example: Where is Heaven? Noone knows the answer for sure
2006-08-09 00:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by gtotalpackage 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more questions than answers.I ask the question time and time again : Why there is so much evil among men?
What is life?
How should we live?
The more we find out, the less we know.
Are they any answers to these questions?
2006-08-09 00:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,but not in the sense that there really isn't an answer.
Just that some questions are hard to answer.Thus
the person answering the question says there is no answer.
2006-08-09 10:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by switchfoot_fan_91 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, yeah...a question like how did the earth begin-you're not going to get a concrete answer, nobody knows for sure. However, you're free to ask the question if you want.
2006-08-09 00:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by diyta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's possible to have a question that doesn't have a right or wrong answer, but even the most obscure questions can have even a smart-*** answer.
2006-08-09 00:11:01 · answer #6 · answered by plaidbunny3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some questions are meant not to have an answer, they are really statements in themselves. rhetorical questions are an fine example.
2006-08-09 00:33:33 · answer #7 · answered by kickinupfunf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No answer? No question.
No solution? No problem.
These are things that go along together well. One cannot exist without the other.
2006-08-09 00:59:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when the question suspends all credibility & disbelief aka rhetorically speaking, I guess so=P
2006-08-09 00:44:52 · answer #9 · answered by ViRg() 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I've seen many here that I couldn't begin to answer.
2006-08-09 00:14:34 · answer #10 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋