Atomism and composition
Abstract
Atomism is the thesis that every object is composed of atoms. This principle is generally regimented by means of an atomicity axiom according to which every object has atomic parts. But there appears to be a sense that something is amiss with atomistic mereology. We look at three concerns, which, while importantly different, involve infinite descending chains of proper parts and have led some to question standard formalizations of atomism and composition in mereology.
Citation
Uzquiano , G 2017 , ' Atomism and composition ' , Thought: A Journal of Philosophy , vol. 6 , no. 4 , pp. 232-240 . https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.256
Publication
Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2161-2234Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2017 The Thought Trust and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.256
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