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4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology

10397	Abelard's mereology involves privileged and natural divisions, and principal parts [Abelard, by King,P]
	Full Idea: Abelard's theory of substantial integral wholes is not a pure mereology in the modern sense, since he holds that there are privileged divisions; ..the division of a whole must be into its principal parts. Some wholes have a natural division.
	From: report of Peter Abelard (works [1135]) by Peter King - Peter Abelard 2
	A reaction: This is a mereology that cuts nature at the joints, rather than Lewis's 'unrestricted composition', so I find Abelard rather appealing.