2007-01-26 00:20:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If yes, then what's the answer? If no, then why not?
2007-01-26 00:22:34 · update #1
Yes because you placed a question mark there, so I would know you were asking something.
So, the answer is yes. If you had left the question mark off the end of your writing, I wouldn't exactly say no...
It's difficult to get a handle on this, bear with me, the fact you say, IS THIS; also says it's a question.
Do you see where I'm coming from? Now, that's a question and you have got me in trouble with yahoo, because I'm not allowed to answer a question with a question,
I'll speak to you later!
2007-01-26 03:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because it has an answer. And yes, because it has a question mark. And yes, because you asked, therefore making it a question.
2007-01-26 13:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by Darian T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course it is a question because you're questioning the existence of your question. Plus, question marks at the end can make pretty much anything into a question.
ie. Cheese? - Possibly meaning ''Do you want some cheese? ;]''
There was nothing in that example xD Just the first random word that came to my head. =D.
2007-01-26 08:43:48 · answer #3 · answered by Thalidinide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is a "self-referential" question.
In general any statement which refers to itself (to its own content and /or structure) is a "self-referential statement." Here are some examples:
This sentence has an exclamation point at its end!
This sentence is six words long.
This sentence no verb.
So the answer is "yes"--yours is a question, a self-referential one.
2007-01-26 11:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by clicksqueek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all questions have answers. Rhetorical questions for example. This is a question because you are proposing a proposition in order to gain information. Therefore, a question.
2007-01-26 10:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by Robin T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yawn.....
Well I suppose this question is better than
Did the US land men on the moon, or
Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets or
How far is it from Stoke Poges to Bloxwich?
2007-01-26 09:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because there is a questionmark after the word "question"
2007-01-26 10:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by The Desert Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should change your question to "Is this a stupid question?" Then the answer would definitely be "YES".
2007-01-26 09:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by johnmfsample 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes.
2007-01-26 10:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by anda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is an answer.
2007-01-26 15:24:21 · answer #10 · answered by zodiacs_cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋