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| Mass terms: mass terms are expressions relating to substances in which the same expression may also be applied to parts of the substance, e.g. water, gold, air. A part of a piece of iron is again iron. In contrast, a part of a human being is not a human being. _____________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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Peter M. Simons on Mass Terms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 234 Mass Terms/Simons: mass terms are indifferent with respect to division. Plural Terms/Simons: plural terms are not indifferent with respect to division. E.g. piece of gold: a piece of gold is not always gold. E.g. neutrons are not gold. E.g. part of gold atoms: are always gold because they are an element of a multiplicity, i.e. all atoms are always a member of a pack. Multiplicity: here is a part-of-relation a subset relation. >Parts, >Subsets, >Mereology, >Part-of-relation, >Element relation, >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. |
Simons I P. Simons Parts. A Study in Ontology Oxford New York 1987 |
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