Is a whole something more than the sum of its parts? Are there things composed of the same
parts? If you divide an object into parts, and divide those parts into smaller parts, will this …

Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology
are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's …

Material objects extend through space by having different spatial parts in different places.
But how do they persist through time? According to some philosophers, things have …

Substantivalists believe that there are regions of space or spacetime. Many substantivalists
also believe that there are entities (people, tables, social groups, electrons, fields, holes …

Metaphysics: An Introduction combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of
metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous …

Mereological principles are often controversial; perhaps the most stark contrast is between
those who claim that Weak Supplementation is analytic—constitutive of our notion of proper …

There is an extensive literature on time travel in both philosophy and physics. Part of the
great interest of the topic stems from the fact that reasons have been given both for thinking …

The idea that some of God's past beliefs depend on our future actions has a long history,
going back to Origen in the third century CE. However, it is not always clear what this idea …

4 A branching succession of fragments with respect to F 0. 88 5 Reality is constituted only by
facts in h 1. 91 6 Twin paradox scenario. 128 7 An 'expanded'representation of fragments …

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Page 1 pdf version of the entry Location and Mereology
https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2024/entries/location-mereology/ from the Spring 2024 …