Wholes, Sums and Unities

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics
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Author: A. Meirav ISBN: 9789401702096
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: March 14, 2013
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: A. Meirav
ISBN: 9789401702096
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: March 14, 2013
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

In this work, the author formulates a critique of widely accepted mereological assumptions, presents a new conception of wholes as ‘Unities’, and demonstrates the advantages of this new conception in treating a variety of metaphysical puzzles (such as that of Tibbles the cat). More generally he suggests that conceiving wholes as Unities offers us a new way of understanding the world in non-reductive terms.

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In this work, the author formulates a critique of widely accepted mereological assumptions, presents a new conception of wholes as ‘Unities’, and demonstrates the advantages of this new conception in treating a variety of metaphysical puzzles (such as that of Tibbles the cat). More generally he suggests that conceiving wholes as Unities offers us a new way of understanding the world in non-reductive terms.

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