Julian Lee-Sursin
Sorbonne Université; Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm)
There are two special questions in mereology: “When is it that some things compose an F?” and “When is it that some things are arranged F-wise?” These questions have given rise to a dispute in mereology that I call the Special Questions Dispute (SQD): “Do some things compose an F or are they arranged F-wise?” I argue that this dispute is a straightforward case of metalinguistic negotiation. The disputants turn out to agree on all the underlying facts, they use key terms differently, and their term use reflects different underlying philosophical norms.
Chair: Tamaki Komada
Time: 05 September, 10:00 – 10:30
Location: SR 1.006
SOPhiA 2026 