Against mereological nihilism

Tallant, Jonathan

Abstract

I argue that mereological nihilism fails because it cannot answer (what I describe as) the special arrangement question: when is it true that the xs (the mereological simples) are arranged F-wise? I suggest that the answers given in the literature fail and that the obvious responses that could be made look to undermine the motivations for adopting nihilism in the first place.

Citation

Tallant, J. (2013). Against mereological nihilism. Synthese, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0343-8

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Apr 14, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 14, 2014
• Journal: Synthese
• Print ISSN: 0039-7857
• Electronic ISSN: 0039-7857
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0343-8
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1001397
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11229-013-0343-8