Mereology
Lando, Giorgio
Mereology A Philosophical Introduction - New York Bloomsbury 2018 - 237p
includes index and biblioraphy
What is Mereology? ..........1 1. The methodology of Mereological Monism Natural Language, Literal Parthood, and Philosophical Mereology ..........17 Mereological monism : A desirable philosophical Thesis ..................31 Is mereology formal ....................39 Transitivity and other Features ..........47 2. Extensionalism Hyperextensionality and Nominalism about Structure ...........67 Mereological Monism and Nominalism ...............69 Goodman on Hyperextensionality .................71 Hyperextensionality, sets, wholes .............72 Goodman`s Approach, Atomism , Gunk .......73 Is goodman`s Approach circular...........77 Fine`s Principles of Obliteration ..........78 6. What extensionalism says ..........85 7. Extensionalism and Concrete Entities ..........93 8. Extensionalism and Abstract Entities ..........117 9. The Aulternatives to Extensionalism ...........135 3. Unrestricted Composition Mereological Fusion and Plural Logic ............149 11. The Definition of Fusion ............163 12. Allegedly countrintuitive entities ............169 13.The Argument from Vagueness..........175 14. Unrestricted composition and Metaontology ..............193
9781350094734 2786
Whole and Parts
N20 / L235
Mereology A Philosophical Introduction - New York Bloomsbury 2018 - 237p
includes index and biblioraphy
What is Mereology? ..........1 1. The methodology of Mereological Monism Natural Language, Literal Parthood, and Philosophical Mereology ..........17 Mereological monism : A desirable philosophical Thesis ..................31 Is mereology formal ....................39 Transitivity and other Features ..........47 2. Extensionalism Hyperextensionality and Nominalism about Structure ...........67 Mereological Monism and Nominalism ...............69 Goodman on Hyperextensionality .................71 Hyperextensionality, sets, wholes .............72 Goodman`s Approach, Atomism , Gunk .......73 Is goodman`s Approach circular...........77 Fine`s Principles of Obliteration ..........78 6. What extensionalism says ..........85 7. Extensionalism and Concrete Entities ..........93 8. Extensionalism and Abstract Entities ..........117 9. The Aulternatives to Extensionalism ...........135 3. Unrestricted Composition Mereological Fusion and Plural Logic ............149 11. The Definition of Fusion ............163 12. Allegedly countrintuitive entities ............169 13.The Argument from Vagueness..........175 14. Unrestricted composition and Metaontology ..............193
9781350094734 2786
Whole and Parts
N20 / L235