@article{Benz_2019, title={Questions, Plans, and the Utility of Answers}, volume={8}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/748}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.748}, abstractNote={<p>The goal of this paper is to derive a measure of utility for questions and answers from a game theoretic model of communication. We apply this measure to account for a number of judgements about the appropriateness of partial and mention–some answers, e.g. that a partial answers to a question can be as appropriate as a strongly exhaustive answer. Under the assumption that interlocutors are Bayesian utility optimisers we see questioning and answering as a two-person sequential decision problem with complete coordination of preferences. Our approach builds up on the work of A. Merin and R. v. Rooy on measures of <em>relevance</em>. We will compare it in detail with their ideas.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Benz, Anton}, year={2019}, month={Aug.}, pages={51–66} }