2007-02-14 07:44:49 · 21 answers · asked by taking_long_too 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
To the same extent that this is the answer.
2007-02-14 07:54:07 · answer #1 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a question to a very high extent, or to all extents of the sense of meaningfulness it conveys. First of all, as an instance of asking there is no doubt that this is a valid question in its own right that imposes upon itself its focus of inquiry, and that is what makes it most interestingly biding and restricting for the thought - howsoever much one may try, this question does not let one go out of the centrifuge of it own inquiry about its own self. Until, that is until, one comes across and consequently thinks about the world ‘extent’, for extents in all things are but arbitrary and for the purposes of our own objective understanding. How big is the universe, for example? There is extent to all things in the universe, therefore, a universe made up of all things limited must be limited itself, but it is not. The reason is that all other things we are able to see and define objectively. We know, for example that an atom of hydrogen is only that big, or that small for that matter, but how big it exactly is, we do not know, and neither will we ever know. Our knowledge of the universe gives us only questions, and these questions, like your question, make us inquire what is in fact inquiring. If the mind is the universe then the mind can never see itself in full just like an eye can see all but not itself.
2007-02-15 06:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the extent of nothing
2007-02-14 17:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by mphermes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The full extent, as it is in itself a question.
2007-02-15 09:59:49 · answer #4 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have not asked your question, therefore there is no question of any extent to consider. Ask the question.
2007-02-14 16:02:15 · answer #5 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To what extent is this my answer?
2007-02-14 17:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sickxually Inactive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the extent that you are asking it
2007-02-16 16:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no extent to it. You're fired.
2007-02-14 15:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by Skinner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A self-referential question is still a question, and whether or not a sentence is a question is boolean (yes/no), not a matter of degree.
2007-02-15 15:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by elohimself 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good one, A question posed as it's own question, impossible to answer but very thought provoking
2007-02-14 15:48:59 · answer #10 · answered by susan h 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋