Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, I show that the semantics one adopts for mass terms constrains the metaphysical claims one can make about mixtures. I first expose why mixtures challenge a singularist approach based on mereological sums. After discussing an alternative, non-singularist approach, I take chemistry into account and explain how it changes our perspective on these issues.
Source: dialectica
Author: David Nicolas
Institution: Institut Jean Nicod
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,500
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Award: Frontières en cognition
OpenAlex ID: W4380989342