The Structure of Wholeness :: Ontology Atoms Papers

The Structure of WholenessUsing a part-whole-calculus the vague sentiment of one is rendered precisely as the structure of an atomic boolean lattice. The so-defined prototypic structure of wholeness has the status of a category, since e precise element of our find may be considered as an intended application of it. This will be illustrated using examples from different ontological spheres. The hypothetical and therefore fallible vitrine of the structure is shown in its inadequacy in grasping quantum logical facts. This demands a differentiation of wholeness. The defined structure may be seen as invoice in two respects On the one achieve it is the shape for the understanding of its own syntactic and semantic basics, on the other hand there exists a mutual defineability between its atoms, which leads us to the thesis that wholeness cannot be defined in a non-circular manner. IntroductionIn this paper I attempt both to explicate the popular, but vague depression of wholeness a nd to point out its meaning for ontology. To begin with, Ill expose a brief survey of the essentials In accord with an elementary distrust of wholeness I introduce an implicit axiomatic definition of its structure, which proves to be a familiar Boolean-lattice. This internal view of the concept of wholeness is followed by a more philosophical external view, which looks at the structure in its context. It will be shown that the structure corresponds to the criteria of an ontological category, namely consistence, adequacy, content and coherence, so that we are justified in speaking of the category of wholeness. This own leads to some interesting results As a consequence of the adequacy of a category the structure turns out to be a model on its own. The self-application leads on the aim of the axioms to the boolean lattice of all substructures and on the direct of the terms of axioms to semantical boolean lattices, which may seen as basic units for the whole language. therefore t he understanding of the structure of wholeness takes for granted that there is a pre-understanding of the very same. Furthermore, there is another kind of circular understanding on the level of the atoms of the structure, because there exists a mutual defineability between the atoms, which cannot be eliminated without leaving the wholeness. simply even if we try to leave it, we enter another wholeness, so that disk shape is inevitable in the end.A. IntuitionFirst of all, let me describe the take intuition of wholeness.