How do you say ‘everything is ultimately composed of atoms’?

• Autores: Anthony Shiver
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 72, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 607-614
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The standard definition of atomicity—the thesis that everything is ultimately composed of entities that lack proper parts—is satisfied by a model that is not atomistic. The standard definition is therefore an incorrect characterization of atomicity. I show that the model satisfies the axioms of all but the strongest mereology and therefore that the standard definition of atomicity is only adequate given some controversial metaphysical assumptions. I end by proposing a new definition of atomicity that does not require extensionality or unrestricted summation.