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| Th.W. Adorno - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969): German philosopher. A key figure in the Frankfurt School, known for critical theory and interdisciplinary research. Major works include "Dialectic of Enlightenment", "Negative Dialectics", and influential studies on culture, aesthetics, and society.
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| Wholes, philosophy: the concept of the whole is unique only in connection with further specification. In the mereology the term avoids paradoxes that occur in connection with the universal class (universal set). The whole is not different from its parts in the way a set is different from its elements. See also unity, one, set, universal class, universal set, mereology, parts, part-of-relation, mereological sum, upper bound, totality._____________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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| Adorno, Th.W. | Wholes | Adorno | |
| Hume, David | Wholes | Hume | |
| Maturana, Humberto | Wholes | Maturana | |
| Simons, Peter M. | Wholes | Simons | |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Wholes | Wittgenstein | |
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