mereology


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mereology

(ˌmiːrɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Logic) the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
[C20: via French from Greek meros part + -logy]
ˌmereoˈlogical adj
Translations
mereologie
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This move opens room to rethink mereology in various ways, and in particular, to see the mereological structure of a composite as potentially outreaching the individual entities that are its parts.
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