"question the question" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "questioned the question",
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        "past"
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      "form": "questioned the question",
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        {
          "ref": "1989, Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation, →ISBN, page 58, →ISBN:",
          "text": "To say that a question is fallacious is to say that it is objectionable to the answerer because it is constructed to force him to accept a proposition that he should not. This problem is compounded if the question is also semantically complex. A semantically complex question is one that contains a connective, ‘and’, ‘or’, or ‘if–then’ in its presupposition. Once again, the answerer must question the question by requesting that the propositions in the presupposition be separated into units that he can reasonable deal with.",
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        "To ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified, especially as a preliminary to answering it, for example a complex question or loaded question."
      ],
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        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ],
        [
          "presupposition",
          "presupposition"
        ],
        [
          "explicitly",
          "explicitly"
        ],
        [
          "justified",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "preliminary",
          "preliminary"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "beg the question"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "kyseenalaistaa kysymys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "mettre en question la question"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "remettre en question la question"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "mettre en doute la question"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "remettre en cause la question"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
          "word": "die Frage infrage stellen"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "question the question"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "questioned the question",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "questioned the question",
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        "To ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified, especially as a preliminary to answering it, for example a complex question or loaded question."
      ],
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          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
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        [
          "explicitly",
          "explicitly"
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          "justified",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "kyseenalaistaa kysymys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "mettre en question la question"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "remettre en question la question"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "mettre en doute la question"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "remettre en cause la question"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified",
      "word": "die Frage infrage stellen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "question the question"
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