An Argument for the Ontological Innocence of Mereology

被引：3

作者：

French, Rohan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Groningen, Fac Philosophy, Oude Boteringestr 52, NL-9712 GL Groningen, Netherlands

来源：

ERKENNTNIS | 2016年 / 81卷 / 04期

关键词：

Ontological Commitment; Atomic Part; Plural Logic; Argument Place; Flexible Relation;

D O I：

10.1007/s10670-015-9762-x

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

In Parts of Classes David Lewis argued that mereology is 'ontologically innocent', mereological notions not incurring additional ontological commitments. Unfortunately, though, Lewis's argument for this is not fully spelled out. Here we use some formal results concerning translations between formal languages to argue for the ontological innocence of mereology directly.

引用

页码：683 / 704

页数：22

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