What Is Mereological Universalism?
What Is Mereological Universalism? Mereological universalism—hereafter universalism—is the thesis that necessarily, any (material) objects whatsoever compose another (material) object. … But if universalism is true, there is something composed by the Taj Mahal, the Stanley Cup, and Michael Jackson’s nose. What is a proper part? Philosophers have taken to distinguishing parts from what are called