soritesn.

Brit.

/səˈrʌɪtiːz/, U.S.

/səˈraɪdiz/

Etymology: < Latin sōrītēs, < Greek σωρείτης, < σωρός a heap.

a. Logic. ‘A series of propositions, in which the predicate of each is the subject of the next, the conclusion being formed of the first subject and the last predicate’ (Mansel).In the Goclenian adj. form, ‘the subject of each proposition is the predicate of the next, the conclusion being formed of the last subject and the first predicate’.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > sorites

sorites1551

sorite1656

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Hiij We ioyne many causes, and many effectes together, wherof is made an argument, called Sorites.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 99 As of many graynes is made a heape of corne, so of many degrees an argument called Sorites by this enthymematicall progression.

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 148 Sorites is an imperfect Syllogism [etc.].

1693 J. Dryden in tr. Persius Satires vi. Notes 87 Chrysippus the Stoick, invented a kind of Argument, consisting of more than three Propositions; which is call'd Sorites, or a heap.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xix. 369 The Sorites can be resolved into as many simple syllogisms as there are middle terms between the subject and predicate of the conclusion.

1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xviii. 156 The chain of syllogisms commonly called the Sorites.

b. An instance of this type of syllogism. Also as plural (quot. 1798).

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > sorites > instance of

sorites1581

gradation1728

chain-argument1860

chain-syllogism1870

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 223 b The Logicians that have described the fourme of a Sorites.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 99 A sorites [is] but enthymematicall progression by certain degrees.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 285 A Syllogisme many wayes cryptike, is a Dilemma, and a Sorites.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §18 An easie Logick may..with lesse than a Sorites resolve all things into God.

1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §6 A Sorites is when several middle terms are chosen to connect one another successively [etc.].

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xxiii. 673 We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthimemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine.

1860 H. Rogers Ess. III. 277 An ingenious sorites, by which we may at any time dispense with the positive testimony of an historian.

1870 K. H. Digby Halcyon Hours 261 No horn'd soritès here would I employ, No captious argument that would annoy.

c. In allusive use.

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1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 239. ¶10 These Disputants convince their Adversaries with a Sorites commonly called a Pile of Faggots.

a. transferred. A series, chain, or accumulation of some thing or things.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession

row?1510

processiona1564

sequencea1575

succession1579

pomp1595

suite1597

rosary1604

sequel1615

series1618

rope1621

success1632

concatenation1652

sorites1664

string1713

chain1791

course1828

serie1840

daisy chain1856

nexus1858

catena1862

litany1961

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 191 Though Democritus his pit be never so deep, yet by a long Sorites of Observations, and chain of Deductions, we may at last fathom it.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. xiii. 11 Such a long Sorites of Sciences and Tongues.

1875 M. Collins Let. 27 Feb. in Lett. & Friendships (1877) II. 24 Note this significant fact or sorites of facts.

b. Mathematics. (See quots.)

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1880 J. J. Sylvester in Coll. Math. Papers (1909) III. 440 Any such determinate representation of a fractional quantity I shall term a sorites.

1880 J. J. Sylvester in Coll. Math. Papers (1909) III. 440 The elements of a sorites are analogous to the partial quotients of a regular continued fraction.

3. A sophistical argument turning on the definition of a ‘heap’.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of the sophists > fallacy of the heap

fallacy of the heapa1774

soritesa1774

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 371 The like attack as was made of old by the Academics and Sceptics against the judgment of the senses, with their sophism of the Sorites, or argument of the Heap.

4. A heap, pile.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > heap or pile

heapc725

cockeOE

hill1297

tassc1330

glub1382

mow?1424

bulkc1440

pile1440

pie1526

bing1528

borwen1570

ruck1601

rick1608

wreck1612

congest1625

castle1636

coacervation1650

congestion1664

cop1666

cumble1694

bin1695

toss1695

thurrock1708

rucklea1725

burrow1784

mound1788

wad1805

stook1865

boorach1868

barrow1869

sorites1871

tump1892

fid1926

clamp-

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. ix. 230 Such sorites of flaming anthracite may possibly cause cephalalgia.

Derivatives

soˈritic adj. [compare Greek σωρειτικός]

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [adjective] > fallacious > of types of fallacy

soritic1693

in dictione1826

non-logical1826

composite1864

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxviii. 320 Soritick fool.

1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps II. v. 73 Nebules of logic, dialectic fogs, and..the pelting of soritic hail.

soˈritical adj.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Soritical, pertaining to such an Argument [sc. Sorites].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sorites
释义	soritesn. Brit. /səˈrʌɪtiːz/, U.S. /səˈraɪdiz/ Etymology: < Latin sōrītēs, < Greek σωρείτης, < σωρός a heap. 1. a. Logic. ‘A series of propositions, in which the predicate of each is the subject of the next, the conclusion being formed of the first subject and the last predicate’ (Mansel).In the Goclenian adj. form, ‘the subject of each proposition is the predicate of the next, the conclusion being formed of the last subject and the first predicate’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > sorites sorites1551 sorite1656 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Hiij We ioyne many causes, and many effectes together, wherof is made an argument, called Sorites. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 99 As of many graynes is made a heape of corne, so of many degrees an argument called Sorites by this enthymematicall progression. 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 148 Sorites is an imperfect Syllogism [etc.]. 1693 J. Dryden in tr. Persius Satires vi. Notes 87 Chrysippus the Stoick, invented a kind of Argument, consisting of more than three Propositions; which is call'd Sorites, or a heap. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xix. 369 The Sorites can be resolved into as many simple syllogisms as there are middle terms between the subject and predicate of the conclusion. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xviii. 156 The chain of syllogisms commonly called the Sorites. b. An instance of this type of syllogism. Also as plural (quot. 1798). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > sorites > instance of sorites1581 gradation1728 chain-argument1860 chain-syllogism1870 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 223 b The Logicians that have described the fourme of a Sorites. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 99 A sorites [is] but enthymematicall progression by certain degrees. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 285 A Syllogisme many wayes cryptike, is a Dilemma, and a Sorites. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §18 An easie Logick may..with lesse than a Sorites resolve all things into God. View more context for this quotation 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §6 A Sorites is when several middle terms are chosen to connect one another successively [etc.]. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xxiii. 673 We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthimemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine. 1860 H. Rogers Ess. III. 277 An ingenious sorites, by which we may at any time dispense with the positive testimony of an historian. 1870 K. H. Digby Halcyon Hours 261 No horn'd soritès here would I employ, No captious argument that would annoy. c. In allusive use. ΚΠ 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 239. ¶10 These Disputants convince their Adversaries with a Sorites commonly called a Pile of Faggots. 2. a. transferred. A series, chain, or accumulation of some thing or things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession row?1510 processiona1564 sequencea1575 succession1579 pomp1595 suite1597 rosary1604 sequel1615 series1618 rope1621 success1632 concatenation1652 sorites1664 string1713 chain1791 course1828 serie1840 daisy chain1856 nexus1858 catena1862 litany1961 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 191 Though Democritus his pit be never so deep, yet by a long Sorites of Observations, and chain of Deductions, we may at last fathom it. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. xiii. 11 Such a long Sorites of Sciences and Tongues. 1875 M. Collins Let. 27 Feb. in Lett. & Friendships (1877) II. 24 Note this significant fact or sorites of facts. b. Mathematics. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1880 J. J. Sylvester in Coll. Math. Papers (1909) III. 440 Any such determinate representation of a fractional quantity I shall term a sorites. 1880 J. J. Sylvester in Coll. Math. Papers (1909) III. 440 The elements of a sorites are analogous to the partial quotients of a regular continued fraction. 3. A sophistical argument turning on the definition of a ‘heap’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of the sophists > fallacy of the heap fallacy of the heapa1774 soritesa1774 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 371 The like attack as was made of old by the Academics and Sceptics against the judgment of the senses, with their sophism of the Sorites, or argument of the Heap. 4. A heap, pile. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > heap or pile heapc725 cockeOE hill1297 tassc1330 glub1382 mow?1424 bulkc1440 pile1440 pie1526 bing1528 borwen1570 ruck1601 rick1608 wreck1612 congest1625 castle1636 coacervation1650 congestion1664 cop1666 cumble1694 bin1695 toss1695 thurrock1708 rucklea1725 burrow1784 mound1788 wad1805 stook1865 boorach1868 barrow1869 sorites1871 tump1892 fid1926 clamp- 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. ix. 230 Such sorites of flaming anthracite may possibly cause cephalalgia. Derivatives soˈritic adj. [compare Greek σωρειτικός] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [adjective] > fallacious > of types of fallacy soritic1693 in dictione1826 non-logical1826 composite1864 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxviii. 320 Soritick fool. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps II. v. 73 Nebules of logic, dialectic fogs, and..the pelting of soritic hail. soˈritical adj. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Soritical, pertaining to such an Argument [sc. Sorites]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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