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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A Dictionary of Philosophy' and 'Plato on Parts and Wholes'

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10 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

15842

An ad hominem refutation is reasonable, if it uses the opponent's assumptions [Harte,V]

4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology

15841

Mereology began as a nominalist revolt against the commitments of set theory [Harte,V]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

15858

Traditionally, the four elements are just what persists through change [Harte,V]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

15848

Mereology treats constitution as a criterion of identity, as shown in the axiom of extensionality [Harte,V]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

15837

What exactly is a 'sum', and what exactly is 'composition'? [Harte,V]

15839

If something is 'more than' the sum of its parts, is the extra thing another part, or not? [Harte,V]

15838

The problem with the term 'sum' is that it is singular [Harte,V]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

6456	Sense-data are neutral uninterpreted experiences, separated from objects and judgements [Angeles]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]