ABELIAN MEREOLOGY.

In classical extensional mereology, composition is idempotent: if x is part of y, then the sum of x and y is identical to y. In this paper, I provide a systematic and coherent formal mereology for which idempotence fails. I first discuss a number of purported counterexamples to idempotence that have...

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Publicado en:	Logic & Logical Philosophy Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 429 - 448
Autor principal:	Cotnoir, A. J.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Logic & Logical Philosophy 2015
Materias:	Whole & parts (Philosophy) Idempotents Ordered algebraic structures Mathematical models Universalism (Philosophy)
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