On the Boundary Between Mereology and Topology
Achille C. Varzi, Roberto Casati, Barry Smith · 2014
Much recent work aimed at providing a formal ontology for the common-sense world has emphasized the need for a mereological account to be supplemented with topological concepts and principles. There are at least two reasons under-lying this view. The first is truly metaphysical and relates to the task of charac-