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Mereology (/mɪəriˈɒlədʒi/; from Gr**** μέρος 'part' (root: μερε-, mere-) and the
suffix -logy, 'study, discussion, science') is the
philosophical study...
- This is a
glossary of
mereology.
Mereology is the
philosophical study of part-whole relationships, also
called parthood relationships. Contents: A B C...
- 1998) was an
American philosopher,
known for his work on counterfactuals,
mereology, the
problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.
Goodman was born...
- Gunge, or gunk, an
unspecific greasy,
filthy substance Gunk (
mereology), the term in
mereology for any
whole whose parts all have
further proper parts Gunk...
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defended nominalism.
Polish philosopher Stanisław Leśniewski
coined the term
mereology,
which is the
formal study of
parts and wholes, a
subject that arguably...
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denial of what is
called classical mereology,
which is
succinctly defined by
philosopher Achille Varzi:
Mereology (from the Gr**** μερος, 'part') is the...
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School of
Logic and is
known for
coining and
introducing the
concept of
mereology as part of a
comprehensive framework for
logic and mathematics. Leśniewski...
- set theory. They can be
easily adapted to
analogous theories, such as
mereology.
Axiom of
extensionality Axiom of
empty set
Axiom of
pairing Axiom of...
- than point. Two
axiomatic systems are set out below, one
grounded in
mereology, the
other in
mereotopology and
known as
connection theory. Point-free...
- (ónuma) 'name') is the
converse of meronymy. A
closely related concept is that of
mereology,
which specifically deals with part–whole
relations and is used in logic...
