Nice! This ties into an idea I've been trying to develop, that long argumentative chains lose some power in each step due to vagueness so that if the chain is long and/or vagueness is high there is only trace amounts of correctness left in the conclusion.
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Yes… Millgram has a very long and boring chapter about exactly this, which I’m pleased to say I have finally just finished. It seems to be addressed to some species of analytic philosopher that, thankfully, I have not encountered.
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AFAIK all my ancestors are English (no Scots etc). I speak English. I was born in a former English colony, descendant of settlers, ruled by Queen ERII. I have more English genes than most English people. But I do not *count as* English.
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Yes; although note that “count as” is purpose-dependent. You count as English for purposes of population genetics, e.g.
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Do you know about Catarina
@cdutilhnovaes ? Very into deduction, studying eastern logics, ace at explaining complicated things clearly. -
Thanks, I hadn’t encountered her name before. I am glad to make the acquaintance!
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