Full Idea
The abstract question arises of whether the same matter could be subject to more than one principle of unity simultaneously, or unified by more than one 'form'.
Gist of Idea
Could the same matter have more than one form or principle of unity?
Source
M.R. Ayers (Individuals without Sortals [1974], 'Realist' vii)
Book Reference
-: 'Canadian Journal of Philosophy' [-], p.132
A Reaction
He suggests that the unity of the sweater is destroyed by unravelling, and the unity of the thread by cutting.
Related Idea
Idea 17516 If counting needs a sortal, what of things which fall under two sortals? [Ayers]