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    Supports→Postulating that states of affairs have parts creates a problem for the theory of universals

    Any theory that posits both irreducible combination and mereological parthood for the same entities is committed to two distinct and competing composition relations, violating ontological parsimony.

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    Composition relations(in metaphysics)
    The different ways or rules that determine how smaller entities can join together to form larger entities.
    Irreducible combination(in metaphysics/philosophy of parts and wholes)
    A way of putting things together that can't be broken down into simpler parts or explained by simpler rules—the whole is genuinely different from just adding up its pieces.
    Mereological parthood(as used in metaphysics/ontology)
    The philosophical relationship between a part and a whole—basically, the rules for what counts as a piece of something bigger. For example, a wheel is part of a car.
    Mereology
    The study of the relations between parts and wholes
    Ontology(Carnap argues this enterprise is based on a mistake)

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    ontological parsimony(methodology / theory choice)
    The theoretical virtue of preferring theories that posit fewer entities; an economical ontology over an expansive one

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