Full Idea
Should our fundamental theory of part and whole take 'part' or 'overlap' as primitive?
Gist of Idea
Which should be primitive in mereology - part, or overlap?
Source
Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 02.3)
Book Reference
Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.13
Related Idea
Idea 12826 Sum: the sum of individuals is what is overlapped if either of them are, written 'x + y' [Simons]