I’d just like to point out that there is a definite answer to this. If a person has never started beating his or her wife, then they cannot stop and the answer must be no. Is there a flaw in this reasoning? Or am I not using the common definitions?
It’s technically accurate, but it fails to provide useful information. The question isn’t impossible to answer on its own terms, it just turns a simple negative into non-Gricean communication.
It’s technically accurate, but it fails to provide useful information. The question isn’t impossible to answer on its own terms, it just turns a simple negative into non-Gricean communication.