@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Nozick,Robert}, subject = {Parts}, note = {II 99 Part/whole/Nozick: a whole is not equal to the sum: different parts always form another sum, but that may be an equal whole. >Mereology, >Wholes, >Part-of relation, >Mereological sum, >Totality. A body can lose the appendix or get dentures. - Body remains a whole during the time (identical). - The sum is not identical when parts are replaced. >Body, >Identity, >Temporal identity, >Person, >Personal identity, >Continuants. The self (whole) may even lose memories and change goals and dispositions. >Memory, >Actions, >Goals, >Dispositions. Identity of the parts is not sufficient for continuity of the whole: the relations of the parts could be changed. >Relations. The whole is not equal to sum: scheme of the next successor: the n.c. of the sum is the sum ofthe n.c. of the parts. >Next Successor/Nozick. But the next successor of the whole is not the sum of the next successor of the parts (similar for numbers). Later successor: body, but not the sum of the parts. Self: is therefore a whole, not a sum. Whole/criterion: it could also exist if it were made of other parts. II 102 The whole thing must not be a conglomerate.}, note = { No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=273449} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=273449} }