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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.
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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