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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
first-order question en · NOUN
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A direct question about facts or values, as opposed to a metaquestion.
[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
1972, Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book, 1972 edition, page 276:
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