ABSTRACT

Yes, the title seems odd, but it is not a mistake; this chapter is about defective questions. This is a broader and potentially heavier topic than my official assignment to comment on the chapters by Baars and Flanagan, which itself was a big enough challenge. But I have kept it light; in the symposium on which this volume is based, my talk was scheduled after two very full days of scholarly and empirical rigor, and the audience needed a break. By way of introduction, I told a joke. But I am not frivolous; it is a philosophical joke.