Lexicon of Arguments

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II 99
Part/whole/Nozick: a whole is not equal to the sum: different parts always form another sum, but that may be an equal whole.
>Mereology, >Wholes, >Part-of relation, >Mereological sum,
>Totality.
A body can lose the appendix or get dentures. - Body remains a whole during the time (identical). - The sum is not identical when parts are replaced.
>Body, >Identity, >Temporal identity, >Person, >Personal identity, >Continuants.
The self (whole) may even lose memories and change goals and dispositions.
>Memory, >Actions, >Goals, >Dispositions.
Identity of the parts is not sufficient for continuity of the whole: the relations of the parts could be changed.
>Relations.
The whole is not equal to sum: scheme of the next successor: the n.c. of the sum is the sum ofthe n.c. of the parts.
>Next Successor/Nozick.
But the next successor of the whole is not the sum of the next successor of the parts (similar for numbers).
Later successor: body, but not the sum of the parts.
Self: is therefore a whole, not a sum.
Whole/criterion: it could also exist if it were made of other parts.
II 102
The whole thing must not be a conglomerate.

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