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|Formulation Text=A question ''Q'' is a subquestion of another question ''Q’'', iff any direct answer to ''Q'' is also a partial answer to ''Q’''. | |Formulation Text=A question ''Q'' is a subquestion of another question ''Q’'', iff any direct answer to ''Q'' is also a partial answer to ''Q’''. | ||
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| − | | | + | |Description=A [[Question| question]] is a topic of inquiry.[[CiteRef::Rawleigh (2018)]] Questions can constitute hierarchies where more specific questions are subquestions of broader questions. For example, 'Was Peter the Great an emperor of Russia?' is a subquestion of 'Who were the emperors of Russia?' since by answering the former, we are also providing a partial answer to the latter. The latter is, in turn, a subquestion of the broader question 'Who were the rulers of European countries?'.[[CiteRef::Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)]] A partial answer to a question is a complete, or direct, answer to one of its subquestions.[[CiteRef::Beck and Sharvit (2002)]][[CiteRef::Sharvit and Beck (2001)]][[CiteRef::Eckardt (2007)]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 2 June 2024
This is a definition of Subquestion that states "A question Q is a subquestion of another question Q’, iff any direct answer to Q is also a partial answer to Q’."
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This definition of Subquestion was formulated by Paul Patton and Cyrus Al-Zayadi in 2021.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.
Contents
Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
| Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientonomy | 21 February 2024 | The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective modification. | Yes |
Suggestions To Accept
Here are all the modifications where the acceptance of this definition has been suggested:
| Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciento-2021-0006 | Scientonomy | 1 August 2021 | Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance. | Accepted | Prior to the 2024 workshop, Hakob Barseghyan commented on the encyclopedia indicating his support for accepting this modification and noted its potential to underpin further work on discipline dynamics. In fact, a significant amount of observational scientonomy work has been carried out in the past few years (including the paper on the rejection of alchemy by Friesen and Patton (2023),2 as well as some more recent papers) that presupposes the acceptance of these definitions, despite the fact that the modification containing them formally remains open. There was very little discussion about the modification, beyond raising points for the community to look forward to in the future, like a brief discussion between Jamie Shaw and Paul Patton about the need for more research on the difference between disciplines and disciplinary communities. The modification was accepted unanimously with 18 votes. | 21 February 2024 |
Question Answered
Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is subquestion? How should it be defined?
See Subquestion for more details.
Description
A question is a topic of inquiry.3 Questions can constitute hierarchies where more specific questions are subquestions of broader questions. For example, 'Was Peter the Great an emperor of Russia?' is a subquestion of 'Who were the emperors of Russia?' since by answering the former, we are also providing a partial answer to the latter. The latter is, in turn, a subquestion of the broader question 'Who were the rulers of European countries?'.1 A partial answer to a question is a complete, or direct, answer to one of its subquestions.456
Reasons
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Questions About This Definition
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References
- a b Patton, Paul and Al-Zayadi, Cyrus. (2021) Disciplines in the Scientonomic Ontology. Scientonomy 4, 59-85. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/37123.
- ^ Friesen, Izzy and Patton, Paul. (2023) Discipline Dynamics of Chymistry and Rejection of Alchemy. Scientonomy 5, 93-110. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/42268.
- ^ Rawleigh, William. (2018) The Status of Questions in the Ontology of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 2, 1-12. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/29651.
- ^ Beck, Sigrid and Sharvit, Yael. (2002) Pluralities of questions. Journal of Semantics 19 (2), 105-157.
- ^ Beck, Sigrid and Sharvit, Yael. (2001) Subquestions and quantificational variability effects. In Megerdoomian and Bar-el (2001), 510-523.
- ^ Eckardt, Regine. (2007) 'Was noch?' Navigating in question answer discourse. In Spath (2007), 77-96.
