Against mereological nihilism

• Autores: Jonathan Tallant
• Localización: Synthese, ISSN-e 1573-0964, Vol. 191, Nº. 7, 2014, págs. 1511-1527
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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