Readership: Advanced students and scholars of metaphysics.
Kathrin Koslicki, University of Colorado, Boulder
"Philosophers interested in mereological issues will profit from Koslicki's book." - Paul Hovda, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
1. Standard Mereology Introduction 1: The Standard Conception of Composition 2: Ordinary Material Objects as Mereological Sums 3: Composition as Non-Identity 2. A Contemporary Structure-based Mereology 4: A Different Kind of Whole 3. Ancient Structure-Based Mereologies 5: The Role of Structure in Plato's Mereological Writings 6: Aristotle's Refinements of Plato's Theory 4. An Alternative Structure-Based Theory 7: Objects as Structured Wholes 8: In Defense of Kinds 9: Structure Conclusion Bibliography Index