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Single Idea 15014

[from 'Writing the Book of the World' by Theodore Sider, in 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff ]

Full Idea

Stuff obeys unrestricted composition and mereological essentialism, whereas things do not.

Gist of Idea

Unlike things, stuff obeys unrestricted composition and mereological essentialism

Source

Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 09.6.2)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.184


A Reaction

[He cites Markosian 2004]

Related Ideas

Idea 9667 Mereological composition is unrestricted: any class of things has a mereological sum [Lewis]

Idea 8443 Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa]