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Sorites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorites may refer to: •Polysyllogism, a chain of syllogisms •Sorites paradox, a special case of polysyllogism also referred to as the paradox of the heap
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Sorites paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sorites paradox ( σωρός ( sōros ) being Greek for "heap" and σωρείτης ( sōreitēs ) a derived adjective meaning "heaped up") is a paradox that arises from vague predicates. The paradox o...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on sorites (logic), in syllogistic, or traditional, logic, a chain of successive syllogisms—or units of argument that pass from two premises (a major and then a minor) to a conclusion—in the first figure (i.e., with the middle, or repeated, term as the subject of the major and the ...
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Definition of sorites in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of sorites. Pronunciation of sorites. Translations of sorites. sorites synonyms, sorites antonyms. Information about sorites in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... Examples: sorites of flaming anthracite, 1871; sorites of facts, 1875;
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Electronic journal of philosophy devoted to the analytical tradition, broadly construed. Includes online issues, information for submitters. ... Editorial E-address: Email: sorites@sorites.org; [with a subject containing Frege's forename]
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Sorites; SwrithV; A Digital Journal of Analytical Philosophy; Indexed and Abstracted in THE PHILOSOPHER’S INDEX; ISSN 1135-1349; Legal Deposit Registration: M 14867-1995; Editor: Lorenzo Peña; (CSIC [Spanish Academy of Sciences]);
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A sorites is a sequence of enthymemes in which the unstated conclusion of one syllogism is an unstated premise of the next syllogism. For example,
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