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Crispin Wright (1942), British philosopher. His major works include Frege's Conception of Numbers as Objects (1983), Truth and Objectivity (1992), and Saving the Differences: Essays on Themes from Wittgenstein (2000). His fields of specialization are philosophy of mathematics, Wittgenstein's philosophy, metaphysics, and epistemology.
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Sorites: the term is derived from the Greek word soros for pile and denotes the difficulty of specifying the point at which the expression “pile” can no longer be applied because the amount of the substance concentrated on the pile is reduced. A similar problem relates to the delineation of color shades. See also vagueness, limits, indeterminacy, perception, chain closure, paradoxes._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Adams, Robert | Sorites | Adams | |
Chalmers, David | Sorites | Chalmers | |
Wright, Crispin | Sorites | Wright | |
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