What is mereological harmony?

• Autores: Matt Leonard
• Localización: Synthese, ISSN-e 1573-0964, Vol. 193, Nº. 6, 2016, págs. 1949-1965
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Say that mereological harmony is the view that there is at least some mirroring between the mereological structure of material objects and the mereological structure of their locations: each, in some way, mirrors the other. As it turns out, there is a confusing array of systems of harmony available to the substantivalist. In this paper, I attempt to bring some order to these systems. I explore some systems found in the literature, as well as some natural systems which haven’t been discussed. Along the way, I explore a number of metaphysical consequences of the different systems of harmony. The paper ends with a roadmap of possible views for the substantivalist.