"first-order question" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1972, Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book, 1972 edition, page 276:",
          "text": "[L]et us call questions about what is and happens in the world, or about what men ought to do or seek, \"first-order\" questions. We should recognize, then, that there are also \"second-order\" questions that can be asked: questions about our first-order knowledge",
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        "(philosophy) A direct question about facts or values, as opposed to a metaquestion."
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