'Identity' as a mereological term

Jeroen Smid

doi:10.1007/s11229-016-1056-6

'Identity' as a mereological term

Jeroen Smid

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The mereological predicate ‘is part of’ can be used to define the predicate ‘is identical with’. I argue that this entails that mereological theories can be ideologically simpler than nihilistic theories that do not use the notion of parthood—contrary to what has been argued by Ted Sider. Moreover, if one accepts an extensional mereology, there are good philosophical reasons apart from ideological simplicity to give a mereological definition of identity.

Originalspråk	engelska
Sidor (från-till)	2367-2385
Tidskrift	Synthese
Volym	194
Nummer	7
Tidigt onlinedatum	2016
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1056-6
Status	Published - 2017 juli

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10.1007/s11229-016-1056-6

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Parthood, Identity, and Composition: Studies of Mereology
Smid, J., 2017, 226 s.
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Metaphysics and Collectivity
Petersson, B., Blomberg, O., Björnsson, G., Brännmark, J., Burman, Å., Hansson Wahlberg, T., Lo Presti, P., Maurin, A., Smid, J. & Szigeti, A.
Swedish Research Council
2012/03/01 → …
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'Identity' as a mereological term

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Parthood, Identity, and Composition: Studies of Mereology

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