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(2018) The Lvov-Warsaw school, Dordrecht, Springer.
This paper surveys mereology, the theory of parts and wholes, focussing on its origins in Leśniewski, and noting its intended employment as a surrogate for set theory. We examine parallel and independent work by Whitehead, Leonard and Goodman, and outline the subsequent adventures of mereology, both in its formal guises and in its now intensive application within philosophical ontology.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65430-0_26
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Simons, P. (2018)., Leśniewski and mereology, in A. Garrido & U. Wybraniec-Skardowska (eds.), The Lvov-Warsaw school, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 337-359.
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