Single Idea 10659

[catalogued under 4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology]

Full Idea

It is common in mereology to hold that there is something of which everything is part, but few hold that there is a 'null entity' that is part of everything.

Gist of Idea

There is something of which everything is part, but no null-thing which is part of everything

Source

Achille Varzi (Mereology [2003], 4.1)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.14


A Reaction

This comes out as roughly the opposite of set theory, which cannot do without the null set, but is not keen on the set of everything.