Against mereological nihilism
I argue that mereological nihilism fails because it cannot answer (what I describe as) the special arrangement question: when is it true that the xs (the mereological simples) are arranged F-wise? I suggest that the answers given in the literature fail and that the obvious responses that could be ma...
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| description | I argue that mereological nihilism fails because it cannot answer (what I describe as) the special arrangement question: when is it true that the xs (the mereological simples) are arranged F-wise? I suggest that the answers given in the literature fail and that the obvious responses that could be made look to undermine the motivations for adopting nihilism in the first place. |
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| spelling | nottingham-23932020-05-04T20:18:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2393/ Against mereological nihilism Tallant, Jonathan I argue that mereological nihilism fails because it cannot answer (what I describe as) the special arrangement question: when is it true that the xs (the mereological simples) are arranged F-wise? I suggest that the answers given in the literature fail and that the obvious responses that could be made look to undermine the motivations for adopting nihilism in the first place. Springer 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed Tallant, Jonathan (2013) Against mereological nihilism. Synthese . ISSN 0039-7857 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11229-013-0343-8 doi:10.1007/s11229-013-0343-8 doi:10.1007/s11229-013-0343-8 |
| spellingShingle | Tallant, Jonathan Against mereological nihilism |
| title | Against mereological nihilism |
| title_full | Against mereological nihilism |
| title_fullStr | Against mereological nihilism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Against mereological nihilism |
| title_short | Against mereological nihilism |
| title_sort | against mereological nihilism |
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