{"product_id":"wholes-sums-and-unities-a-meirav-9781402016608","title":"Wholes, Sums and Unities","description":"According to Ariel Meirav, the root of some of our most noteworthy difficulties in the metaphysics of concrete entities has been the traditional tendency to focus on the horizontal dimension of wholes (i.e. relations between the parts of a whole), and to neglect the vertical dimension (i.e. relations between the whole itself and its parts). In \u003cstrong\u003eWholes, Sums and Unities\u003c\/strong\u003e, Meirav formulates a critique of widely accepted mereological assumptions, presents a new conception of wholes as  Unities', and demonstrates the advantages of this new conception in treating a variety of metaphysical puzzles (such as that of Tibbles the cat). More generally he suggests that conceiving wholes as Unities offers us a new way of understanding the world in non-reductive terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Meirav\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1402016603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781402016608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 6","brand":"A. Meirav","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424303497471,"sku":"9781402016608","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4941dc0c-6993-4f69-bbe4-cdedb3a47681.jpg?v=1761529459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wholes-sums-and-unities-a-meirav-9781402016608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}