Sunday, November 14, 2010

Sorites Paradox

A thousand grains of sand is a heap.
A thousand grains of sand minus one is still a heap.
A thousand grains of sand minus two is still a heap...
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A thousand grains of sand minus nine hundred and ninety nine is still a heap?
If it's not, when did the heap become not a heap?
When did the nature of those sentences become interrogative?

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