Single Idea 9131

[catalogued under 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought]

Full Idea

If there is an upper bound on the length of understandable sentences, then two understandable sentences can have an unintelligible conjunction.

Gist of Idea

Two long understandable sentences can have an unintelligible conjunction

Source

Roy Sorensen (Vagueness and Contradiction [2001], 6.4)

Book Reference

Sorensen,Roy: 'Vagueness and Contradiction' [OUP 2004], p.101


A Reaction

Not a huge paradox about the use of the word 'and', perhaps, but a nice little warning to be clear about what is being claimed before you cheerfully assert a screamingly obvious law of thought, such as conjunction.