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Single Idea 6956

[filed under theme 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts ]

Full Idea

At what point does an object become 'whole'?

Gist of Idea

At what point does an object become 'whole'?

Source

Luke Westaway (talk [2005]), quoted by PG - Db (ideas)

A Reaction

This nice question strikes me as the central one in mereology. It is tempting to reply that the matter is entirely conventional, but there seems an obvious fact about something missing if one piece is absent from a jigsaw, or a cube is chipped.