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Conjunction-based Sorites: A Misguided Objection to Degree-Theoretic Solutions to Sorites Paradoxes
Journal of Philosophical Logic 39 (1):1-4 (2010)
Abstract
In 1987, Crispin Wright argued that degree-theoretic solutions to the Sorites paradox fail because the solutions do not work when the paradox is restated using a conjunctive major premise. I show that Wright is incorrect: degree-theoretic solutions also work when the paradox is stated with a conjunctive major premise.My notes
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