Goldstein, Laurence (2012) The Sorites is Nonsense Disguised by a Fallacy. Analysis, 72 (1). pp. 61-65. ISSN 0003-2638. (doi:10.1093/analys/anr127) (KAR id:33644)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/anr127 |
Abstract
It is uncontroversial that, on any run through a Sorites series, a subject, at some point, switches from an ‘F’ verdict on one exhibit to a non-‘F’ verdict on the next. (Where this ‘cut-off’ point occurs tends to differ from trial to trial.) It is a fallacy to infer that there must be a cut-off point simpliciter between F items and non-F items. The transition is from firm ground to swamp. In the Sorites reasoning, some conditionals of the form ‘If Item n is F, then Item n+1 is F’ are not false but nonsensical. This solution respects boundarylessness.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1093/analys/anr127 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Sorites paradox boundarylessness Sainsbury |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Laurence Goldstein |
Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2013 09:16 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:16 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33644 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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