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    The sorites paradox (/soʊˈraɪtiːz/; sometimes known as the paradox of the heap) is a paradox that results from vague predicates. A typical formulation...
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    Eubulides (redirect from Phalakros paradox)
    (2021). "Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Hyde, Dominic (2018). "Sorites Paradox". In Zalta...
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  • same ships? This paradox is a minor variation of the Sorites Paradox above, and has many variations itself. Both sides of the paradox have convincing arguments...
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  • inscrutability of reference is also used in the sorites paradox. The classic example for the sorites paradox mentions a heap of wheat grains from which grains...
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  • began with. See also List of Ship of Theseus examples Sorites paradox (also known as the paradox of the heap): If one removes a single grain of sand from...
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  • Stuart C. (1998). "A Procedural Solution to the Unexpected Hanging and Sorites Paradoxes". Mind. 107 (428): 751–761. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.33.3808. doi:10.1093/mind/107...
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    philosophy, the boiling frog story has been used as a way of explaining the sorites paradox. It describes a hypothetical heap of sand from which individual grains...
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  • Perdurantism Philosophy of self Przekładaniec Sorites paradox Śūnyatā Swampman Teletransportation paradox Transporter (Star Trek) Wasserman. Blackburn...
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    impossible", 62b). Another example of this technique is found in the sorites paradox, where it was argued that if 1,000,000 grains of sand formed a heap...
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  • Look up sorites in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sorites may refer to: Polysyllogism, a chain of syllogisms Sorites paradox, also referred to as the...
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