Contingent composition as identity
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-01934-8
Abstract: When the necessity of identity (NI) is combined with composition as identity (CAI), the contingency of composition (CC) is at risk. In the extant literature, either NI is seen as the basis for a refutation… read more here.
Keywords: contingent composition; composition identity; identity; composition ... See more keywords
Is composition identity?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02000-z
Abstract: Say that some things compose something, if the latter is a whole, fusion, or mereological sum of the former. Then the thesis that composition is identity holds that the composition relation is a kind of… read more here.
Keywords: thesis; composition identity; article; composition ... See more keywords
Mereology and Identity
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02592-5
Abstract: The eighteen papers in this special issue scrutinise the multifarious roles that identity plays in mereology. In this introduction, we present an overview of the topics at stake. Specifically, in Sect. 2we characterize in general… read more here.
Keywords: mereology; status; mereology identity; composition identity ... See more keywords