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Single Idea 4437

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 6. Mereological Nominalism]

Full Idea

Mereological Nominalism views a property as the omnitemporal whole or aggregate of all the things said to have the property, so whiteness is a huge white object whose parts are all the white things.

Clarification

'Mereological' means explaining relationships between parts and whotes

Gist of Idea

'Mereological Nominalism' sees whiteness as a huge white object consisting of all the white things

Source

David M. Armstrong (Universals [1995], p.503)

Book Reference

'A Companion to Metaphysics', ed/tr. Kim,Jaegwon/Sosa,Ernest [Blackwell 1995], p.503


A Reaction

A charming proposal, in which bizarre and beautiful unities thread themselves across the universe, but white objects may also be soft and warm.