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13041 | Collections have fixed members, but fusions can be carved in innumerable ways [Potter] |
Full Idea: A collection has a determinate number of members, whereas a fusion may be carved up into parts in various equally valid (although perhaps not equally interesting) ways. | |
From: Michael Potter (Set Theory and Its Philosophy [2004], 02.1) | |
A reaction: This seems to sum up both the attraction and the weakness of mereology. If you doubt the natural identity of so-called 'objects', then maybe classical mereology is the way to go. |