mereology
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Mereology — In philosophy and mathematical logic, mereology (from the Greek μέρος, root: μερε(σ) , part and the suffix logy study, discussion, science ) treats parts and the wholes they form. Whereas set theory is founded on the membership relation between a … Wikipedia
mereology — Branch of logic, founded by Stanisław Leśniewski, that studies class expressions and the relations between parts and wholes. It rejects the hierarchy of sets generated in set theory through the member of relation and instead proposes a part whole … Universalium
mereology — The logic of the relationship of part to whole … Philosophy dictionary
mereology — study of part whole relationships Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
mereology — me·re·ol·o·gy … English syllables
mereology — ˌmirēˈäləjē noun ( es) Etymology: irregular from mer (III) + logy logic : a theory of extended individuals in their relationships of part to whole and of overlapping compare calculus of individuals … Useful english dictionary
mereological — mereology … Philosophy dictionary
Part-whole theory — is the name of a loose collection of historical theories, all informal and nearly all unwitting, relating wholes to their parts via inclusion. Part whole theory has been overtaken by mereology.Metaphysics, especially ontology, has invoked part… … Wikipedia
applied logic — Introduction the study of the practical art of right reasoning. The formalism (formal logic) and theoretical results of pure logic can be clothed with meanings derived from a variety of sources within philosophy as well as from other… … Universalium
Mereotopology — In formal ontology, a branch of metaphysics, and in ontological computer science, mereotopology is a first order theory, embodying mereological and topological concepts, of the relations among wholes, parts, parts of parts, and the boundaries… … Wikipedia
