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ABSTRACT Hegel’s approach to soritical arguments (as well as to paradoxes in general) can be read as a kind of conjunctive paraconsistency: the ‘explosive’ effect of contradictions is avoided by assuming ‘the unity of the opposites’, so that contradictory conjunctions are not simplifiable. The paper reconsiders what Hegel says about the Sorites and justifies the conjunctive interpretation. The first section introduces the analysis, presenting the role of the Einheit Entgegengesetzter for contemporary theories of paradoxes. In the second section, the focus is on Hegel’s interpretation of the Sorites. The third section briefly considers some contemporary accounts of vagueness in the light of Hegel’s view so reconstructed. The last section summarizes the main results and explores some ideas about how to formalize a Hegel-inspired conjunctive view.
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History and Philosophy of Logic contains articles, notes and book reviews dealing with the history and philosophy of logic. ’Logic’ is understood to be any volume of knowledge which was regarded as logic at the time in question. ’History’ refers back to ancient times and also to work in this century; however, the Editor will not accept articles, including review articles, on very recent work on a topic. ’Philosophy’ refers to broad and general questions: specialist articles which are now classed as ’philosophical logic’ will not be published.
The Editor will consider articles on the relationship between logic and other branches of knowledge, but the component of logic must be substantial. Topics with no temporal specification are to be interpreted both historically and philosophically. Each topic includes its own metalogic where appropriate.
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