One individual's contribution to a large collective project - such as voting in a national election - often seems negligible. This book analyzes the notion of negligibility, and shows some of the logical difficulties in the idea - and how the ancient paradox of the sorites illustrates the difficulties.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 206
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 08 Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 0674028341
ISBN 13: 9780674028340