Extended Simples, Unextended Complexes.
Both extended simples and unextended complexes have been extensively discussed and widely used in metaphysics and philosophy of physics. However, the characterizations of such notions are not entirely satisfactory inasmuch as they rely on a mereological notion of extension that is too simplistic. Ac...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 643 - 669 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2023
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