Transitivity, the sorites paradox, and similarity-based decision-making

Erkenntnis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-114

  Voorhoeve, Alex ^a   Binmore, Ken ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746155670     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-005-2373-1     Document Type: Article

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