Beyond atomism
Abstract
Contemporary metaphysicians have been drawn to a certain attractive picture of the structure of the world. This picture consists in classical mereology, the priority of parts over wholes, and the well-foundedness of metaphysical priority. In this short note, I show that this combination of theses entails superatomism, which is a significant strengthening of mereological atomism. This commitment has been missed in the literature due to certain sorts of models of mereology being overlooked. But the entailment is an important one: we must either accept superatomism or reject one (or other) of the most widespread theses of contemporary metaphysics.
Citation
Cotnoir , A 2013 , ' Beyond atomism ' , Thought: A Journal of Philosophy , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 67-72 . https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.64
Publication
Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
10.1002/tht3.64ISSN
2161-2234Type
Journal article
Description
Date of Acceptance: 06/08/2013Collections
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