What distinguishes a whole from an arbitrary sum of elements? I suggest a temporal and causal oriented approach. I defend two connected claims. The former is that existence is, by every means, coextensive with being the cause of a causal process. The latter is that a whole is the cause of a causal process with a joint effect. Thus, a whole is something that takes place in time. The approach endorses an unambiguous version of Restricted Composition that suits most commonsensical intuitions about wholes.
No Time, No Wholes: A Temporal and Causal-Oriented Approach to the Ontology of Wholes, 2009.
Autori: | Manzotti, Riccardo |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2009 |
Titolo: | No Time, No Wholes: A Temporal and Causal-Oriented Approach to the Ontology of Wholes |
Rivista: | |
Editore: | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
Volume: | 19 |
Pagina iniziale: | 193 |
Pagina finale: | 214 |
Numero di pagine: | 22 |
IF: | con ISI Impact Factor |
Rilevanza: | internazionale |
Lingua: | English |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale Settore ING-INF/06 - Bioingegneria Elettronica e Informatica |
Keywords: | Causalità, ontologia, interi |
Keywords: | Causation, ontology, wholes |
Abstract: | What distinguishes a whole from an arbitrary sum of elements? I suggest a temporal and causal oriented approach. I defend two connected claims. The former is that existence is, by every means, coextensive with being the cause of a causal process. The latter is that a whole is the cause of a causal process with a joint effect. Thus, a whole is something that takes place in time. The approach endorses an unambiguous version of Restricted Composition that suits most commonsensical intuitions about wholes. |
Numero degli autori: | 1 |
Supporto: | A stampa |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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