Mereological
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mereological is an adjective meaning (philosophy, logic) Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
Meaning
(philosophy, logic) Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
Example Sentences
Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.
I think that theories like mereological nihilism are interesting in the way that epistemological skepticism is interesting, the main question for both being how do we avoid this?
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include essentialism, property-theoretic, philosophylike, epistemological, descriptionist, genarian.
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