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Part-of-Relation, Part-Relation, philosophy: the relations that exist between parts of an assumed whole and this whole, but not between the parts among themselves. For the part-relation there are different restrictions and rules than for the element relation of the set theory. See also parts, whole, totality, mereology, elements, element relation, sets, set theory, ontological dependency, overlap._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hartry Field on Part-of-Relation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 136 Part-of-relation/sets/Field: E.g. "... so that F (y)" can also be reformulated with "part-of" instead of "so that" (plus quantifier). N.B.: then there is no reference to sets. - Then no 2nd order logic is required. >Second order logic, >Sets, >Set theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Field I H. Field Realism, Mathematics and Modality Oxford New York 1989 Field II H. Field Truth and the Absence of Fact Oxford New York 2001 Field III H. Field Science without numbers Princeton New Jersey 1980 Field IV Hartry Field "Realism and Relativism", The Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1982), pp. 553-67 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 |
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