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/ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ · adjective
(philosophy, logic) Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes..
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?
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Mereological means (philosophy, logic) Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes..
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Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.
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