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Theory
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Mathematics
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Linguistic semantics
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Overview
- Greek Ancient Greek
- Ontology
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Thomas Aquinas
- John Duns Scotus Duns Scotus
- Stanisław Leśniewski
- § General systems theory Mereology
- Cognitive sciences Cognitive science
- Topology
- Mereotopology
- Whitehead's point-free geometry
- Nelson Goodman
- Reflexivity Reflexive relation
- Transitive Transitive relation
- Antisymmetry Antisymmetric relation
- Partial order Partially ordered set
- Simples Simples (philosophy)
- David Lewis David Lewis (philosopher)
- Zermelo-Fraenkel (ZFC) set theory Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory
- Plural quantification
- Singleton Singleton (mathematics)
- Peano arithmetic
- Membership Element (mathematics)
- Scott–Potter set theory
- Antireflexive
- Lattice Lattice (order)
- Complete Complete lattice
- Distributes Distributive property
History
- Metaphysics
- Parmenides Parmenides (dialogue)
- Set theory
- Divine simplicity
- Classical conception of beauty Beauty
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness
- Cantor Georg Cantor
- Peano
- Edmund Husserl
- Logical Investigations Logical Investigations (Husserl)
- Alfred Tarski
- A. N. Whitehead
- Principia Mathematica
- Geometry
- Bertrand Russell
Theory
- Naive set theory
- Russell's paradox
- Axiomatic Axioms
- First-order First-order logic
- Identity Identity (philosophy)
- Universe Universe of discourse
- Axiomatic systems Axiomatic system
- Modal logic
- Binary relation
- Dyadic Arity
- Predicate Predicate (logic)
- Partially ordered Partial order
- Strict partial order
- Symmetric
- Universe
- Free variable
- Principle of unrestricted comprehension Set builder notation
- Inclusion Inclusion (set theory)
- Necessarily true Logical truth
- Hasse diagram
- Asymmetric Asymmetric relation
- Well-founded
- Axiom of regularity
- Complementation Complement (set theory)
- Extensionality
- Extensionality Axiom of Extensionality
- Universal Universal set
- Empty sets Empty set
- Union Union (set theory)
- Intersection Intersection (set theory)
Ontology
- Ship of Theseus
- Ted Sider Theodore Sider
- Mereological essentialism
- Nihilism
- Exdurantism Four-dimensionalism
- Temporal parts
- Perdurantism
- Endurantism
Mathematics
- Foundation for all mathematical theories Foundations of mathematics
- Continental United States Contiguous United States
- Physical body Physical object
- Depth Subterranea (geography)
- Several states U.S. state
- Counties County (United States)
- Concrete object Abstract and concrete
- Delaware
- Nantucket
- W.V.O. Quine Willard Van Orman Quine
- Richard Dedekind
- Ernst Schröder Ernst Schröder (mathematician)
- Gottlob Frege
- Ernst Zermelo
- Non-well-founded set theory
- Atoms Atomism
- Proper part Glossary of mereology
- Semantic Semantics
- Nominalists Nominalism
- Abstract objects
- Ontological economy
- Predicates Predicate (mathematical logic)
- Mathematical platonism
- Quine W. V. O. Quine
- Natural Natural numbers
- Real numbers Real number
- Relations Relation (mathematics)
- Ordered pair
General systems theory
Linguistic semantics
- Formal semantics Formal semantics (natural language)
- Mass nouns Mass noun
- Count nouns Count noun
- Measure expressions Measure (linguistics)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Plurals Plural
- Cumulative Cumulativity
- Laugh
- Collective Collective and distributive referents?action=edit&redlink=1
- Distributive Distributive plural
- Cumulative readings Cumulative reference?action=edit&redlink=1
- Events Event (philosophy)
- Aspect Grammatical aspect
- Telic Telicity
- Atelic
- NP Noun phrase
- Path expressions Path (linguistics)?action=edit&redlink=1
Sources
- Burgess, John P. John P. Burgess
- Rosen, Gideon Gideon Rosen
- Varzi, Achille C. Achille Varzi (philosopher)
- Forrest, Peter Peter Forrest (philosopher)
- Quine, Willard Willard Quine
- Lucas, J. R. John Lucas (philosopher)
- A.N. Whitehead
- David Bostock David Bostock (philosopher)
- Simons, Peter Peter Simons (academic)
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Process and Reality
- Woodger, J. H. Joseph Henry Woodger
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Nodes172
Edges171
Triples302
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011628
Components1
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Top relations
related to Sources · 189
Mereology → Academic Press, Achille, Aiello, Alfred, An Efficient Holographic Algorithm, An Enquiry Concerning, Andrzej, Appearance, Barnett, Basic, Being, Biology, Blackwell, Bowden, Branch, Buekenhout, Bulletin, Bunt, Burgess, Burkhardt
related to history · 19
Mereology → Aristotle, Cantor, Edmund Husserl, English, However, Husserl, Informal, It, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Logical Investigations, Metaphysical, On, Parmenides, Parts, Peano, Plato, Theory, Third Investigation, Wholes
related to Axiom systems · 13
Mereology → Bottom, Casati, CEM, Fig, Hasse, Hovda, In CEM, M9, Simons, The, Top, Varzi, We
related to Foundations of mathematics · 10
Mereology → Composition, David Lewis, Eberle, Even, Set, Some, The, This, Uniqueness, Wikipedia
related to External links · 9
Mereology → Achille Varzi, Boundary, David CornellStanford Encyclopedia, Material Composition, Philosophy, The, Wikimedia CommonsInternet Encyclopedia, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 9
Mereology → Achille Varzi, David BohmLaws, EmergenceGlossary, Form, HolismHolon, Implicate, Plural, Spencer-BrownMereological, Whitehead's
related to Alternative formalisms and limitations · 8
Mereology → It, Moreover, Nicolas, Other, Pxy, She, Simons, While
related to Theory · 6
Mereology → Given, In, Is, Let, No, Russell's
related to Events, aspect and verbal predicates · 5
Mereology → Beyond, For, He, In, Krifka
related to Mass–count distinction and measure phrases · 4
Mereology → Bunt's, One, There, This
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Important terminology
mereological theory parts set part also objects systems citation needed parthood used object sum system one composition ontology sets many
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Mereology | is a | collection of nested and non-nested axiomatic systems | 0.90 | text |
| sets | instance of | especially by authors who were nominalists and therefore rejected abstract objects | 0.80 | text |
| water | instance of | Bunt's ensemble-theoretic semantics treats mass terms | 0.80 | text |
| sand | instance of | Bunt's ensemble-theoretic semantics treats mass terms | 0.80 | text |
| or gold as denoting sets of mereological sums of small portions of matter | instance of | Bunt's ensemble-theoretic semantics treats mass terms | 0.80 | text |
| rather than sets of discrete objects | instance of | Bunt's ensemble-theoretic semantics treats mass terms | 0.80 | text |
| three liters of water or two kilos of rice | instance of | Mereological structures have also been used to analyze measure expressions | 0.80 | text |
| The water in the two bottles weighs three kilos can be interpreted as talking about the total mass of a mereological sum of quantities of water | instance of | This connection between mereology and measurement is used to explain why sentences | 0.80 | text |
| cumulative readings | instance of | while collective readings apply the predicate to the sum as a whole.Mereology-based plural semantics has also been used to model more complex patterns | 0.80 | text |
| The planes flew above | instance of | for instance in sentences | 0.80 | text |
| below the clouds | instance of | for instance in sentences | 0.80 | text |
| the minimal-parts problem | instance of | in order to address problems | 0.80 | text |
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