Inconsistent boundaries

• Autores: Zach Weber, A. J. Cotnoir
• Localización: Synthese, ISSN-e 1573-0964, Vol. 192, Nº. 5, 2015, págs. 1267-1294
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Mereotopology is a theory of connected parts. The existence of boundaries, as parts of everyday objects, is basic to any such theory; but in classical mereotopology, there is a problem: if boundaries exist, then either distinct entities cannot be in contact, or else space is not topologically connected (Varzi in Noûs 31:26–58, 1997). In this paper we urge that this problem can be met with a paraconsistent mereotopology, and sketch the details of one such approach. The resulting theory focuses attention on the role of empty parts, in delivering a balanced and bounded metaphysics of naive space.