Vague Objects within Classical Logic and Standard Mereology, and without Indeterminate Identity
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DOI: 10.1007/s10992-016-9407-9
Abstract: Weatherson (The Philosophical Quarterly, 53, 481–501 2003) argues that whoever accepts classical logic, standard mereology and the difference between vague objects and any others, should conclude that there are no vague objects. Barnes and Williams… read more here.
Keywords: mereology; standard mereology; logic standard; vague objects ... See more keywords
Mereology and time travel
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-019-01308-x
Abstract: Core principles of mereology have been questioned by appealing to time travel scenarios. This paper questions the methodology of employing time travel scenarios to argue against mereology. We show some time travel scenarios are structurally… read more here.
Keywords: mereology; time travel; mereology time; time ... See more keywords
Structural properties, mereology, and modal magic
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02040-5
Abstract: Why is it that whenever a structural property (e.g., hydroxide) is instantiated, its constituent properties (e.g., hydrogen) are instantiated as well, by proper parts of the original object? By developing a suggestion from Lewis (Australas… read more here.
Keywords: mereology; properties mereology; structural properties; modal magic ... 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
A Mereological Study of Lowe’s Constituting Parthood Theory
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DOI: 10.1515/mp-2022-0023
Abstract: Abstract Late Lowe’s metaphysics of material objects is an interesting multi-thingist theory that still attracts interest from various authors. The core idea is that if x materially constitutes y, the x is a proper part… read more here.
Keywords: theory; lowe constituting; mereology; mereological study ... See more keywords