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Mereology (Hardcover)
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Mereology (Hardcover)
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Is a whole something more than the sum of its parts? Are there
things composed of the same parts? If you divide an object into
parts, and divide those parts into smaller parts, will this process
ever come to an end? Can something lose parts or gain new ones
without ceasing to be the thing it is? Does any multitude of things
(including disparate things such as you, this book, and the tail of
a cat) compose a whole of some sort? Questions such as these have
occupied us for at least as long as philosophy has existed. They
define the field that has come to be known as mereology-the study
of all relations of part to whole and of part to part within a
whole-and have deep and far-reaching ramifications in metaphysics
as well as in logic, the foundations of mathematics, the philosophy
of language, the philosophy of science, and beyond. In Mereology,
A. J. Cotnoir and Achille C. Varzi have compiled decades of
advanced research into a comprehensive, up-to-date, and formally
rigorous picture. The early chapters cover the more classical
aspects of mereology; the rest of the book deals with variants and
extensions. Whether you are an established professional
philosopher, an interested student, or a newcomer, inside you will
find all the tools you need to join this ever-evolving field of
inquiry and theorize about all things mereological.
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