the sorites problem doesn't hold if instead of a grain we add a heap's worth. but then, if we remove just one grain from the amount we're adding, it still doesn't hold. by induction, the sorites problem doesn't hold for the 1 grain case
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a cursory skim of the SEP article for sorites doesn't seem to have this objection, I think that makes this publishable
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Can you work the word “supervaluation” in? No, wait, this sounds like H{Y,EA}PERVALUATION! I think you have a winner, send it to Semiotext(e)
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