mereological

English

Etymology

mereology +‎ -ical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/

Adjective

mereological (not comparable)

1. (philosophy, logic) Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.

   Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.

   • 2008 August 13, Jonathan Schaffer, “Truthmaker commitments”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:

     I think that theories like mereological nihilism are interesting in the way that epistemological skepticism is interesting, the main question for both being how do we avoid this?

See also

• Mereology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia