Atomism and composition

Gabriel Uzquiano

doi:10.1002/tht3.256

Atomism and composition

Gabriel Uzquiano

Philosophy

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	232-240
Journal	Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Volume	6
Issue number	4
Early online date	13 Oct 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.256
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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