Medievalists.net » Mereology http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A study in early medieval mereology: Boethius, Abelard, and pseudo-Joscelin http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/10/a-study-in-early-medieval-mereology-boethius-abelard-and-pseudo-joscelin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/10/a-study-in-early-medieval-mereology-boethius-abelard-and-pseudo-joscelin/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30967 The twelfth-century philosopher Peter Abelard makes the bold claim that no thing
can ever gain or lose a part. This has the remarkable consequence that should, for example, the broom that is in my closet lose a hair, that very broom would no longer exist. This remarkable consequence has prompted many commentators, both medieval and contemporary, to suggest that Abelard has made a serious mistake

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