Casati and Varzi have revised their vanishingly compact SEP-entry on Holes, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holes/

#sep #philosophy #ontology #mereology #objects #olemassaolo #reikä #existence

"In logic, philosophy and related fields, mereology (from Greek μέρος 'part' (root: μερε-, mere-, 'part') and the suffix -logy, 'study, discussion, science') is the study of parts and the wholes they form. Whereas set theory is founded on the membership relation between a set and its elements, mereology emphasizes the meronomic relation between entities, which—from a set-theoretic perspective—is closer to the concept of inclusion between sets." -- #mereology at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology

Contemporary #panpsychism is often focused on the idea that standard subjects are composed of very small microsubjects, that are identical to microphysical entities or strictly connected with them. Subjects made of other subjects. This idea can then be exported to collectivities: macrosubjects composed of standard subjects.

The #mereology of all this is fascinating and scarcely explored. My first instinct is to say that it should work in a general, homogeneous way.

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Hi mastodon, I'm Giorgio and I teach #philosophyoflanguage and #metaphysics at the University of L'Aquila in Italy.

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Please follow me for some updates about my ongoing works on #mereology and #intuition, my readings, and some casual thoughts about academy, politics and perhaps even life!

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Hi! I’m a #philosophy professor in #illinois, trained in analytic #metaphysics, #PhilosophyOfLanguage, and #MedievalPhilosophy. Currently writing a book with a friend on the history of the #LiarParadox in the #IslamicWorld from around 800 to around 1500 and potty training a nine week old puppy with a weak bladder. #dogs #mushrooms #academic #medieval #IslamicPhilosophy #logic #modality #mereology #TeachingPhilosophy #aesthetics #sousvide #foraging

What is a #game? And what is a #dialogue? #Intuitionists have given much thought to these matters. Conway's recursive two-player games contain the #surreal #numbers as a subset, while suggesting brand new ways to conceptualize arbitrary systems of interacting parts. #Mereology is going to be hot. I am very bullish and very long on fancy wordcraft. When I think about #Hilbert's admonishment of his #student-turned-#poet, I wonder if #Hilbert would be ready to #define #creation itself...

This doorknob is part of this door. This door is part of all the doors in this house. Therefore, this doorknob is part of all the doors in this house?

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