Mereology and Location

Herausgeber: Kleinschmidt, Shieva

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Produktbeschreibung

A team of leading philosophers presents original work on theories of parthood and location. Topics covered include how we ought to axiomatise our mereology; whether we can reduce mereological relations to identity or to locative relations; whether Mereological Essentialism is true; and what mereology and propositions can tell us about one another.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prairie Wind Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199593828
• ISBN-10: 0199593825
• Artikelnr.: 40307790

Autorenporträt

Shieva Kleinschmidt is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California, working in metaphysics. She has published in Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophical Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Mereology
1: Josh Parsons: THE MANY PRIMITIVES OF MEREOLOGY
2: Kris McDaniel: PARTHOOD IS IDENTITY
3: Gabriel Uzquiano: MEREOLOGY AND MODALITY
Mereology and Location
4: Peter Simons: WHERE IT'S AT: MODES OF OCCUPATION AND KINDS OF OCCUPANT
5: Ned Markosian: A SPATIAL APPROACH TO MEREOLOGY
6: Daniel Nolan: BALLS AND ALL
7: Peter Forrest: CONFLICTING INTUITIONS ABOUT SPACE
Interaction with Other Topics
8: Hud Hudson: TRANSHYPERTIME IDENTITY
9: Cody Gilmore: PARTS OF PROPOSITIONS
10: Kathrin Koslicki: MEREOLOGICAL SUMS AND SINGULAR TERMS
Notes on the Contributors
Bibliography
Index