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Luminosity, Reliability, and the Sorites
Author(s) -
COHEN STEWART
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00449.x
Subject(s) - citation , reliability (semiconductor) , computer science , information retrieval , philosophy , library science , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
I w i l l argue that Wi l l iamson ' s argument is unsuccessful. Either the argument requires paradoxical sorites reasoning, or the defender o f luminos i ty can reject a crucial premise. I w i l l then examine a reconstructed argument f o r the denial o f luminous i ty and argue that i t fails as wel l . Wi l l i amson ' s argument focuses on the cond i t ion that one feels cold . A s he tell us, " I t appears to have about as good a chance as any nont r i v i a l cond i t ion o f being luminous" . W i l l i a m s o n argues as fo l lows: