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Mereology (/mɪəriˈɒlədʒi/; from Gr**** μέρος 'part' (root: μερε-, mere-) and the
suffix -logy, 'study, discussion, science') is the
philosophical study...
- 1998) was an
American philosopher,
known for his work on counterfactuals,
mereology, the
problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.
Goodman was born...
- This is a
glossary of
mereology.
Mereology is the
philosophical study of part-whole relationships, also
called parthood relationships. Contents: A B C...
- In
mereology, an area of metaphysics, the term gunk
applies to any
whole whose parts all have
further proper parts. That is, a
gunky object is not made...
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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...
- In philosophy,
specifically metaphysics,
mereology is the
study of
parthood relationships. In
mathematics and
formal logic,
wellfoundedness prohibits...
- 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...
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collections of
objects are to be
considered parts composing a whole.
Mereology, the
study of
relationships between parts and
their wholes,
provides specifications...
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owned by Little,
Brown Book
Group An
object lacking proper parts; see
Mereology § Axioms and
primitive notions Atoms (brand), a
footwear brand Atom and...
