The Special Composition Question asks under what conditions a plurality of objects form another, composite object. We propose a condition grounded in our scientific knowledge of physical reality, the essence of which is that objects form a composite object when and only when they are in a bound state—whence our Bound State Proposal. We provide a variety of reasons in favour of a mereological theory that accommodates our Proposal. We consider but reject another proposal, which is quantum-physical in nature: the Entanglement Proposal. We close by responding to Teller’s ‘Suit Objection’.
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McKenzie, K., & Muller, F. A. (2017). Bound States and the Special Composition Question. In European Studies in Philosophy of Science (Vol. 5, pp. 233–241). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53730-6_19
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