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Allamah Misbah’s Puzzle … M. Legenhausen (49
The rational soul is not a similar in relevant ways to
fortieth birthday present; But what it was at “tn”, then “S”
if we use a bivalent logic, we will still fail to have an
must assume that there is immortal soul.
some threshhold before which In fuzzy logic this
one did not have a rational supposition is rejected and
soul, i.e. the power of replaced by closeness, which
reasoning, and after which in our example means that
this soul becomes attached to that if “S” does not have an
the body. immortal soul at time “tn”,
If we reject the assumption and at a subsequent time,
of bivalence, and replace it “tn+1”, the condition of “S” is
with a fuzzy logic, we will be similar in relevant ways to
able to explain how there can what it was at “tn”, then the
be blurry boundaries, borderline condition of “S” at “tn+1”
cases, and a solution to the will be close to what it was at
sorites paradox. Nicholas tn with regard to the
Smith argues that the key to possesson of an immortal
the introduction of a fuzzy soul.
logic is to replace the Smith explains this in terms
supposition mentioned above of closeness to being true or
by what he calls closeness. false; (Ref: Ibid) but essentially
(Smith, Vol. 3: 2015) the same point could be made
Our earlier supposition was about full or partial
that if “S” does not have an membership in the set of
immortal soul at time “tn”, things having a soul or about
and at a subsequent time, the nature of the possession of
“tn+1”, the condition of “S” is a type of soul.
