The Logic of Questions

Abstract

Most theorists use `interrogative' to refer to a type of sentence. Some theorists posit questions as distinct entities that may be asked, or put, or expressed by interrogatives, just as propositions may be expressed by declaratives and commands may be expressed by imperatives. Intuitively it seems that some questions may be expressed by sentences other than interrogatives, and some interrogatives can be used to do other things besides ask questions. Thus it is reasonable to say that there are two overlapping subject matters: the logic of interrogatives, and the logic of questions.