The study of wholes and parts is known as mereology. This article is an introduction to mereology as it is practiced in the Latin West, starting with Boethius in the sixth century A.D. and ending in the fourteenth century. It will highlight key medieval mereological concepts and principles and outline some of the fundamental issues that confront mereologists in the Middle Ages.

Medieval Mereology

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