Parthood and naturalness.
Is part of a perfectly natural, or fundamental, relation? Philosophers have been hesitant to take a stand on this issue. One reason for this hesitancy is the worry that, if parthood is perfectly natural, then the perfectly natural properties and relations are not suitably 'independent' of one anothe...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 174; no. 12; pp. 3163 - 3181 |
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