On Thu, May 9, 2013 14:57, Ravi Sharma wrote: (01)
> How do we define the situation where the whole and part are part of the
> same entity?
> Such as a whole number? (02)
We define different types of parthood. "Proper part" is irreflexive and
"generic part" is reflexive. There are, of course, many other types of
"part":
temporal part, spatial part, subtype, ... (03)
But i don't understand what "part of a number" would mean. (04)
-- doug foxvog (05)
> Regards!
> Ravi (06)
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