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Composition as Identity and the Innocence of Mereology.
- Source :
- Philosophy & Phenomenological Research; Jul2022, Vol. 105 Issue 1, p128-143, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- According to the thesis known as 'Composition as Identity' ('CAI'), every entity is identical to the parts it fuses. Many authors in the literature acknowledge that, in spite of its controversial character, one attractive virtue of CAI is its apparent ability to give a straightforward account of the innocence of mereology. In this paper I will present a simple argument according to which CAI entails that no composite entity can be said to be ontologically innocent in the relevant sense. After having shown that said argument is independent from the problems surrounding the infamous 'Collapse Principle', I will conclude that CAIātheorists should endorse a suitably 'restricted' version of CAI. In the final part of the paper I will then argue that the best restricted version of CAI is the theory according to which every composite entity is identical to the plurality of its atomic parts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LITERATURE
ONTOLOGY
PLURALITY of worlds
PHILOSOPHY
WHOLE & parts (Philosophy)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00318205
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophy & Phenomenological Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159949740
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12806