In the same way, you could arguably create a shark without putting together organs, but only by putting together atoms. But organs are still parts of ...
In any case, the point I insist upon is that the relationship which a semicircle bears to a circle, whether we call it “being a part” or not, is the s...
A semicircle isn’t necessarily always part of a circle. It can exist on its own without being a part of a circle. In the same way, an atom isn’t neces...
It seems pretty clear to me that a semicircle is, indeed, part of a circle. However, I do definitely agree with you that it is a different shape entir...
Whenever you have a whole consisting of two or more parts, the nature of the whole is the nature of both or all of the parts taken together. Which mea...
I’m not talking about two things that have no relation. I’m talking about two things that are pretty much totally different. Obviously, being differen...
Yes, but for my purposes, I’m not going to count that as a similarity. You might as well say that, because we have a general concept of a “thing”, and...
Perhaps all objects in this universe are causally related, but I’m not referring to objects specifically in this universe. I mean any object that coul...
I suppose what I am asking is this: Is the very notion of there being two things that have nothing in common except for universal, logically-necessary...
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