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Ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Properties' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
Mereological composition is unrestricted: any class of things has a mereological sum [Lewis]
There are no restrictions on composition, because they would be vague, and composition can't be vague [Lewis, by Sider]
That a whole is prior to its parts ('priority monism') is a view gaining in support [Edwards]