Editor's introduction: questioning the questions.

Do you ever wonder why some scholars ask so many questions and others ask so few? Are some brighter, better educated, more reflective and inquisitive than others? Are some scholars simply more dogmatic and less well informed about epistemological issues? Do those who bypass a lot of questions and argue strongly for their views suffer from some type of epistemic deficiency or missing gene? Or are many of their questions embedded in their arguments and the presentation of their evidence? Are their questions more likely to be implicit than explicit? Why would they take that approach rather than be transparent about their doubts, hypotheses, and concerns?

Indeed, why do we ask questions, regardless of whether they are implicit or explicit? Is it because we have been told and have unreflectively believed that good questions are more valuable than good arguments and even answers? If so, should we question this claim? Is it rea...

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