Re: [ontolog-forum] Philosophy of science / ontology (was Dennett... )

[Ravi Sharma <drravisharma@xxxxxxxxx>]

any fraction for example 1/4, 1/8, etc.

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:02 PM, doug foxvog <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, May 9, 2013 14:57, Ravi Sharma wrote:

> How do we define the situation where the whole and part are part of the
> same entity?
> Such as a whole number?

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, ...

But i don't understand what "part of a number" would mean.

-- doug foxvog

> Regards!
> Ravi

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