Plural Arbitrary Reference and Mereology
摘要
This chapter argues that a certain weaker use of mereology, compared to Lewis’s, supports an innocence thesis similar to plural reference. We propose a theory of virtual mereology (VM), where agents play both the role of choosers and of chosen. Using our semantics of plural choices, we interpret a formal first-order mereological language, like Goodman’s calculus of individuals.