Taking sorites arguments seriously: Some hidden costs

Philosophia 14 (3-4):251-272 (1984)
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What I hope to show here is that the costs of taking sorites arguments seriously, in particular the costs with respect to hopes for precise replacement are significantly greater than proponents of sorites arguments have estimated.

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