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| Atom: in philosophy indivisible, possibly only assumed object. Not empirical, but argumentative._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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P. Simons on Atoms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 28 Individuals may not be atoms. Atoms would all be identical because they have the same parts (i.e. none). >Individuals. I 41 Atomless/mereology: e.g. the open sets of a Euclidean space are atomless. Deep question: whether the mereology is atomistic or atomless. Atomless: e.g. continua in the space-time, space time regions, etc. are atomless. Mathematically: mathematically they are discrete but not perceptual. Atomless mereology: points, lines, etc. are not part of specific individuals (bodies, "events", etc.) in which they lie (Aristotle, Whitehead). Phenomena/Leibniz: phenomena are atomless. >Phenomena/Leibniz. Monads: monads are atoms. Atomism/mereology/Simons: an individual is part of another iff. all the atoms of the first are atoms of the second (instead SSP). Identity condition for individuals: if they have the same atoms. >Atomism, >Mereology._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Simons I P. Simons Parts. A Study in Ontology Oxford New York 1987 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18