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.
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 67-72 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Thought: A Journal of Philosophy |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Ontology
- Dependence
- Priority
- Grounding
- Mereology
- Parthood
- Well-foundedness
- Atomism
- Gunk
- Monism