Book of Donmon Teith

This volume is the first systematic and thorough attempt to investigate the relation and the possible applications of mereology to contemporary science. It gath

A team of leading philosophers presents original work on theories of parthood and of location. Topics covered include how we ought to axiomatise our mereology,

Is a whole something more than the sum of its parts? Are there things composed of the same parts? If you divide an object into parts, and divide those parts int

Mereology is the metaphysical theory of parts and wholes, including their conditions of identity and persistence through change. Hylomorphism is the metaphysica

Original essays by leading philosophers of science explore the question of whether metaphysics can and should be naturalised - conducted as part of natural scie