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Single Idea 15004

[from 'Writing the Book of the World' by Theodore Sider, in 4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology ]

Full Idea

An object is 'gunky' if each of its parts has further proper parts; thus gunk involves infinite descent in the part-whole relation.

Gist of Idea

'Gunk' is an object in which proper parts all endlessly have further proper parts

Source

Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 07.11.2)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.133