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    A 'whole' that is nothing over and above its constituents... — Carmelics
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    Supports→A pot cannot be said to be a single whole composed of many characteristics.

    A 'whole' that is nothing over and above its constituents is a conventional fiction, not a genuine singular entity capable of bearing identity across characteristic diversity.

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    • 1.Identity through change requires something invariant. If all constituents are replaceable, nothing genuinely persists.
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    • 2.Mereological sums lack intrinsic boundaries. The 'whole' depends entirely on our conventional criteria for inclusion.
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    • 3.Wholes with no causal powers beyond their parts cannot be fundamental entities—they reduce to mere aggregates.
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    • 1.Emergence produces genuinely novel properties. A whole's organizational structure generates causal powers constituents lack individually.
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    • 2.Identity conditions for wholes are determinate and discoverable, not conventional. We find them, not invent them.
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    • 3.Composition is metaphysically real. Many-to-one relations constitute genuine singular entities as legitimately as fundamental particles.
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