sorites

/saw-rahy-teez, soh-/US // sɔˈraɪ tiz, soʊ- //UK // (sɒˈraɪtiːz) //

索里特,索丽特,索里特人,索利特

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Logic.
- : a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.

Now the rest is concluded by a sorites of foure degrees: As yr, is unto yi: so by the 12.
Among these logical puzzles are the following: Sorites, the heap trick.
Two modes of abbreviating a Polysyllogism, are usually discussed, the Epicheirema and the Sorites.
Certainly the sorites-like form of statement in the scheme of causation had charms for Oriental thinkers.
The Sorites uses several middle terms by which the predicate of the last proposition is connected with the first subject.