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EnglishWhat 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.
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| Titolo: | No Time, No Wholes: A Temporal and Causal-Oriented Approach to the Ontology of Wholes |
| Tipo: | journal article - articolo |
| Lingua: | eng |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2009 |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Pagina iniziale: | 193 |
| Pagina finale: | 214 |
| Numero di pagine: | 22 |
| Nome editore: | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
| 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 ori...ented 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. |
| Citazione: | No Time, No Wholes: A Temporal and Causal-Oriented Approach to the Ontology of Wholes, 2009. |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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