The Structure of Wholeness :: Ontology Atoms Papers

The coordinate of WholenessUsing a part-whole-calculus the vague concept of integrity is rendered but as the anatomical coordinate of an atomic Boolean lattice. The so- specify prototypical structure of unity has the status of a category, since every element of our experience may be considered as an intended application of it. This will be illustrated using examples from various ontological spheres. The hypothetical and therefore fallible character of the structure is shget in its inadequacy in grasping quantum logical facts. This demands a differentiation of wholeness. The be structure may be seen as circular in twain respects On the one hand it is the precondition 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 essay both to explicate the popular, but vague notion of whol eness and to advert out its meaning for ontology. To begin with, Ill give a apprize survey of the essentials In accord with an elementary intuition of wholeness I introduce an implicit axiomatic definition of its structure, which proves to be a well-known(prenominal) Boolean-lattice. This internal view of the concept of wholeness is followed by a more than 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 reassert in speaking of the category of wholeness. This feature leads to some fire 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 take aim of the axioms to the boolean lattice of all substructures and on the level of the terms of axioms to semantical boolean lattices, which may seen as basic units for th e whole language. Thus the understanding of the structure of wholeness takes for granted that there is a pre-understanding of the very same. Furthermore, there is some other 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. But even if we exploit to leave it, we enter another wholeness, so that circularity is inevitable in the end.A. IntuitionFirst of all, let me describe the leading intuition of wholeness.