Talk:Continuum fallacy
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===Case for a merger?=== There are four articles in Wikipedia dealing with essentially one and the same philosophical topic: Imprecise language, Paradox of the heap, Vagueness and Continuum fallacy. (Sorites paradox redirects to Paradox of the heap.) I have done a little editing of the Vagueness page, but really I think all four pages should be merged, or that at very least, they be rationalised to two pages, one a longer one on the philosophical problem of vagueness, and the other a quick summary of the sorites paradox with a link to the vagueness page for a more in-depth discussion. What do people think? Matt 9 Nov. 2005
[edit] Plato?
Isn't this kind of fallacy, the beard argument, mentioned by Plato somewhere? Shouldn't that be included in the article? --80.60.180.182 23:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I have a problem with the "okay to drink" example, as "okay" is far to vague a term, and drinking isn't obviously positive or negative in influence. Many cultures will allow children to drink, even in celebration, at a very early age, and there seems to be no evidence supporting that the older one is, the "more okay" it is to drink alcohol.
