ABSTRACT
Philosophers go astray in ascribing features of interrogation to the asking of quest ions as such, more so to questions themselves. No presumptions attach to the pos ing of questions in thought or in expository discourse, still less to questions them selves. A presumption exists only within a social setting, something being presum ed of a person in some situation by others — often generally, but occasionally also in some specific capacity. When a speaker puts a question to another, something is presumed not just of the speaker qua speaker but also, it will emerge, of the speak er with respect to the addressee.
