Mereologies as the grammars of chemical discourses |
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Authors: | Rom Harré Jean-Pierre Llored |
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Institution: | (1) Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA;(2) CREA/Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | Mereology is the logic of part—whole concepts as they are used in many different contexts. The old chemical metaphysics of
atoms and molecules seems to fit classical mereology very well. However, when functional attributes are added to part specifications
and quantum mechanical considerations are also added, the rules of classical mereology are breached in chemical discourses.
A set theoretical alternative mereology is also found wanting. Molecular orbital theory requires a metaphysics of affordances
that also stands outside classical mereology. |
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