- science') is the
philosophical study of part-whole relationships, also
called parthood relationships. As a
branch of metaphysics,
mereology examines the connections...
-
Achille Varzi:
Mereology (from the Gr**** μερος, 'part') is the
theory of
parthood relations: of the
relations of part to
whole and the
relations of part...
- also
called parthood relationships. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also
References anti-symmetry of
parthood In mereology...
- Loux &
Crisp 2017, pp. 250–251
Varzi 2019, Lead Section, § 1. 'Part' and
Parthood Cornell, Lead Section, § 2. The
Special Composition Question Tallant 2017...
- Loux &
Crisp 2017, pp. 250–251
Varzi 2019, Lead Section, § 1. 'Part' and
Parthood Cornell, Lead Section, § 2. The
Special Composition Question Tallant 2017...
- 62 (3): 206–207. doi:10.1093/analys/62.3.205. Thomson,
Judith Jarvis. "
Parthood and
Identity Across Time".
Journal of Philosophy: 80. Muniz,
Milton K....
- is, a
gunky object is not made of
indivisible atoms or simples.
Because parthood is transitive, any part of gunk is
itself gunk. The term was
first used...
- in
terms of "part at a time" or "
parthood at a time", a
relation that the
endurantist should accept,
unlike parthood simpliciter—which an endurantist...
- In philosophy,
specifically metaphysics,
mereology is the
study of
parthood relationships. In
mathematics and
formal logic,
wellfoundedness prohibits ⋯...
- part of the way Lewis’s
worlds deliver possibilities is the use of the
parthood relation. This
gives some neat
formal machinery, mereology. This is an...
