Non-wellfounded mereology
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Non-wellfounded mereology
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In philosophy, specifically metaphysics, mereology is the study of parthood relationships. In mathematics and formal logic, wellfoundedness prohibits ⋯ < x < ⋯ < x < ⋯ for any x. Thus non-wellfounded mereology treats topologically circular, cyclical, repetitive, or other eventual self-containment. More formally, non-wellfounded partial orders may exhibit ⋯ < x < ⋯ < x < ⋯ for some x whereas well-founded orders prohibit that.
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Philosophical study of circular or otherwise recursive relationships lacking inductive order
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-wellfounded_mereology
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2023-08-19T18:19:07Z
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