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020			_a9780198749004
082			_a111.82 _bCOT
100			_aCotnoir, A J.
245			_aMereology
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2021 _aOxford :
300			_axvi, 405 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b80.00 _cGBP _d100.50
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIs 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.
650			_aMetaphysics
650			_aPhilosophy
650			_aAnaxagoras
650			_aParthood relation
650			_a Atomism
650			_aBoolean algebra
650			_aCantor's theorem
650			_aCoatomism
650			_aDion/theon puzzle
650			_aEmbodiment theory
650			_aFive-dimensionalism
650			_aHylomorphism
650			_aLeibniz's law
650			_aLowenhein-Skolen theorem
650			_aSet-theoretic
650			_aOrdering axioms
650			_aPeince's puzzle
650			_aProper parts principle
650			_aRussell's paradox
650			_aTarski's results
700			_aVarzi, Achille C.
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