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• Andrew Arlig　　“Medieval Mereology”,　in: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006

Intro.

The study of wholes and parts is known as mereology. This article is an introduction to mereology as it is practiced in the Latin West, starting with Boethius in the sixth century A.D. and ending in the fourteenth century. It will highlight key medieval mereological concepts and principles and outline some of the fundamental issues that confront mereologists in the Middle Ages. Specific philosophers and their doctrines will be used to illustrate some of these concepts, principles, and puzzles. Many of these concepts and principles may seem strange to the modern student of parts of and wholes, but behind this alien veneer one will see that medieval mereologists share many of our concerns about wholes, their parts, and the metaphysical implications of mereology.

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