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dc.contributor.supervisorTillman, Chris (Philosophy)en
dc.contributor.authorKsiazek, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-06T16:51:36Z
dc.date.available2011-04-06T16:51:36Z
dc.date.issued2011-04-06T16:51:36Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4443
dc.description.abstractDetermining when some xs compose a y provides the answer to the Special Composition Question. There are three types of possible answers: always, sometimes, never. All of the competing views fall into one of these three categories. I present these competing theories, and explain the advantages and objections to each, and in the cases of those falling into the “always”, and “never” categories explain why the categories cannot provide a satisfactory response. Then I present my own answer to the Special Composition Question and show that it is not vulnerable to the objections the competitor theories cannot overcome. I also present a novel solution to the General Composition Question.en
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectMereologyen
dc.subjectPhilosophyen
dc.subjectMetaphysicsen
dc.subjectOntologyen
dc.subjectParthooden
dc.subjectParten
dc.subjectWholeen
dc.titleThe spatially restricted theory of compositionen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMatheson, Carl (Philosophy) LoVetri, Joe (Electrical and Computer Engineering)en
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.noteMay 2011en


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