Mereology (from Greek μέρος 'part' (root: μερε-, mere-, 'part') and the suffix -logy, 'study, discussion, science') is the philosophical study of part-whole...

1998) was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics. Goodman was born...

This is a glossary of mereology. Mereology is the philosophical study of part-whole relationships, also called parthood relationships. Contents:  A B C...

denial of what is called classical mereology, which is succinctly defined by philosopher Achille Varzi: Mereology (from the Greek μερος, 'part') is the...

set theory. They can be easily adapted to analogous theories, such as mereology. Axiom of extensionality Axiom of empty set Axiom of pairing Axiom of...

In mereology, an area of metaphysics, the term gunk applies to any whole whose parts all have further proper parts. That is, a gunky object is not made...

collections of objects are to be considered parts composing a whole. Mereology, the study of relationships between parts and their wholes, provides specifications...

owned by Little, Brown Book Group An object lacking proper parts; see Mereology § Axioms and primitive notions Atoms (brand), a footwear brand Atom and...

defended nominalism. Polish philosopher Stanisław Leśniewski coined the term mereology, which is the formal study of parts and wholes, a subject that arguably...

(ónuma) 'name') is the converse of meronymy. A closely related concept is that of mereology, which specifically deals with part–whole relations and is used in logic...