How many angels can be in the same place at the same time? A defense of mereological universalism

Aaron Cotnoir

doi:10.1093/mind/fzv158

How many angels can be in the same place at the same time? A defense of mereological universalism

Aaron Cotnoir

Philosophy

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I reply to Hawthorne and Uzquiano's (2011) arguments for the incompatibility between mereological universalism and plenitudinous co-location. I argue that a mereology in which antisymmetry for parthood fails is independently motivated, and allows for both universalism and plenitudinous co-location. There can be as many angels in a place as there are cardinalities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	959-965
Number of pages	7
Journal	Mind
Volume	125
Issue number	500
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzv158
Publication status	Published - Oct 2016

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