| 单词 | aristotelian sorites |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAristotelian sorites Aristotelian sorites n. Logic (now usually historical) In the logic of categorical statements: a sequence of syllogisms in which the conclusion is formed of the subject of the first proposition and the predicate of the last. See sorites n. 1a.Often contrasted with the Goclenian sorites, in which the conclusion is formed of the subject of the last proposition and the predicate of the first: see Goclenian adj. ΚΠ 1865 S. H. Emmens Treat. Logic iv. 76 Where the conclusion is the last predicate affirmed of the first subject; this is termed the..Aristotelian sorites. 1952 Philol. Q. 31 323 The purest form of intellectual argument..is the Aristotelian sorites: A is B, B is C..M is N; therefore A is N. 2010 K. van Deemter Not Exactly vii. 137 In the Aristotelian sorites, there is no vagueness; each step is completely crisp. < as lemmas |
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