Cultivating Trees: Lewis Carroll’s Method of Solving (and Creating) Multi-literal Branching Sorites Problems

Lewis Carroll has been credited for developing a “Method of Trees” for solving multi-literal sorites problems, which anticipates several aspects of contemporary “tableau” or tree systems of logical proof. In particular, Carroll’s method pioneers the use of branching paths as a means of displaying or...

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Main Author: Beisecker Dave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-11-01
Series:Open Philosophy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2024-0044
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