Composition as a Fiction

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In Richard M. Gale, The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 151–174 (2002)
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This chapter contains sections titled: 1 A Question about Composition 2 Some Answers 3 How Shall We Decide? 4 Common Sense and Unrestricted Composition 5 Common Sense and Compositional Nihilism 6 Compositional Nihilism and the Self 7 The Appeal to Science 8 Problem or Pseudoproblem? What To Do?

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original Rosen, Gideon; Dorr, Cian (2002) "Composition as a fiction". In Gale, Richard, The Blackwell Companion to Metaphysics, pp. 151--174: Blackwell (2002)
reprint Rosen, Gideon; Dorr, Cian (2002) "Composition as a fiction". In Gale, Richard M., The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics, pp. 151-74: Wiley-Blackwell (2002)

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