On Three Axiom Systems for Classical Mereology
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2018.014Keywords
Mereology, axiom systemsAbstract
We correct an error and expose two redundancies in the axiom systems presented by Paul Hovda in his 2009 influential paper, ‘What is classical mereology?’.
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