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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / b. The Heap paradox ('Sorites')

[problem with defining what makes a heap]

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1512	Zeno is wrong that one grain of millet makes a sound; why should one grain achieve what the whole bushel does? [Aristotle on Zeno of Elea]

6008	Removing one grain doesn't destroy a heap, so a heap can't be destroyed [Eubulides, by Dancy,R]

8194	Surely there is no exact single grain that brings a heap into existence [Dummett]

17583

There are no heaps [Inwagen]

9117	The smallest heap has four objects: three on the bottom, one on the top [Hart,WD, by Sorensen]

21599

A sorites stops when it collides with an opposite sorites [Williamson]