Jonathan D Payton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5912196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan D Payton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan D |
| FAMILY NAME | Payton |
| SIGNATURE | PAYTON J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bilkent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2385-096X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Superplurals analyzed away
Collective nouns and the distribution problem
Mereological Destruction and Relativized Parthood
Two Problems for the Constitution View of Omissions
Attempts
Counting Composites
I defend the thesis that Composition Entails Identity (CEI): that is, a whole is identical to all of its parts, taken together. CEI seems to be inconsistent, since it seems to require that the parts of a whole possess incompatible number properties (for instance, being one thing and being many things). I show that these number properties are, in fact, compatible
Composition as identity, now with all the pluralities you could want
How to identify wholes with their parts
Composition as identity, now with all the pluralities you could want
How to identify wholes with their parts
Two Problems for the Constitution View of Omissions
Attempts
Counting Composites
I defend the thesis that Composition Entails Identity (CEI): that is, a whole is identical to all of its parts, taken together. CEI seems to be inconsistent, since it seems to require that the parts of a whole possess incompatible number properties (for instance, being one thing and being many things). I show that these number properties are, in fact, compatible
Mereological Destruction and Relativized Parthood
Superplurals analyzed away
Collective nouns and the distribution problem
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Philosophy of language (4 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (2 works) · Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works)