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Can a simple yes or no ever be the right answer in philosophy?

Is it a yes or a no? Rodin’s The Thinker
Is it a yes or a no? Rodin’s The Thinker. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

Has any philosophical question ever been answered successfully with a simple yes or no?

Pete Whittle, Canterbury, Kent

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