Categorizing Questions Through the Demonstrative-Intentional Tree

Our project aims at providing a philosophical analysis of questions. It surveys question-types for investigating whether questions can be categorized based on their identical and distinctive characters with/from each other. It can also be acknowledged as a first step towards an ontology of questions, although implementing a computational ontology is not among our current concerns. This project has the potential for explaining the intrinsic structures of dynamics of science [1]: because of their interrogative form, questions are the fundamentals of scientific inquiries and their investigation could therefore clarify how science works, how scientists explore and benefit the various methods used for different research programs. Our effort can be located at the computational level of Marr’s Tri-Level Hypothesis [2], and will be contrasted with alternative strategies.