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(1988) Synthese 74 (2).
The purpose of this paper is to give a semantical analysis of why-questions. Why-questions will be construed as requests for knowledge. Special attention will be paid to considering what the conditions for conclusive answerhood are in the case of why-questions. Since explanations can often be thought of as answers to why-questions, we also discuss some topics in the theory of explanation.
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DOI: 10.1007/BF00869552
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Koura, A. (1988). An approach to why-questions. Synthese 74 (2), pp. 191-206.
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