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folk mereology: a standalone construct

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Experimental philosophy

evidence that ordinary judgments about whether several things compose a further object depend on whether the whole seems to serve a purpose.

In experimental philosophy, folk mereology refers to evidence that ordinary judgments about whether several things compose a further object depend on whether the whole seems to serve a purpose. This meaning comes from Rose (2015) in Noûs.[1]

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References

Rose, D., & Schaffer, J. (2015). Folk Mereology is Teleological. Noûs, 51(2), 238-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12123

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