Single Idea 17561

[catalogued under 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object]

Full Idea

If composition just requires contact, that tells us that the bricks of a house compose at least one thing; it does not tell us that they also compose at most one thing.

Gist of Idea

If bricks compose a house, that is at least one thing, but it might be many things

Source

Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 04)

Book Reference

Inwagen,Peter van: 'Material Beings' [Cornell 1995], p.39