Full Idea
'Sortalism' endorses the view that some things have parts, but denies that every collection of things composes something. Whenever there is a particular, there must be a sort or kind to which it belongs.
Gist of Idea
'Sortalism' says parts only compose a whole if it falls under a sort or kind
Source
report of David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance Renewed [2001]) by Keith Hossack - Plurals and Complexes 7
Book Reference
-: 'British Soc for the Philosophy of Science' [-], p.427
A Reaction
What is the status of 'the first of its kind'? This seems to say that a token only has identity if it has type-identity. This sounds wildly wrong to me. I've made a 'thing' for you, but I haven't decided what it is yet.