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{{Quote|''Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.''}} | {{Quote|''Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.''}} | ||
If you read latter-day philosophical whizz-kid {{author|William MacAskill}}’s book {{br|What We Owe The Future}}, a question you will certainly ask yourself, though it isn’t so much silly as ''rueful'', is: “why did I just do that do myself and how will I get those hours of my life back?” | If you read latter-day philosophical whizz-kid {{author|William MacAskill}}’s book {{br|What We Owe The Future}}, a question you will certainly ask yourself, though it isn’t so much silly as ''rueful'', is: “why did I just do that do myself and how will I get those hours of my life back?” It brims full of silly answers, each prompted by a silly question. | ||
The serious point — advanced by Kuhn — is that the boundaries of an intellectual discipline, [[power structure]], [[narrative]], [[paradigm]] — call it what you will — frame and condition the questions you may ask as much as any answers it provides. If you find yourself getting silly answers, the problem may lie in your question. | The serious point — advanced by Kuhn — is that the boundaries of an intellectual discipline, [[power structure]], [[narrative]], [[paradigm]] — call it what you will — frame and condition the questions you may ask as much as any answers it provides. If you find yourself getting silly answers, the problem may lie in your question. | ||