Then the "parts" aren't part of the whole, but something else entirely.I argue that parts can have properties that the wholes which they form with other parts lack. — Troodon Roar
A semi-circle is not part of a circle. It is a different shape entirely.For example, a semicircle is half of a circle, but the semicircle has two corners/edges/vertices and has a straight side as well as a curved side, whereas the circle has no corners/edges/vertices and has just one curved “side” enclosing it.
So the semicircle has at least two properties — having corners/edges/vertices and having a straight side — which the circle it forms along with another semicircle lacks.
So this is clearly a case of a part having properties that the whole does not have.
So the whole is not necessarily greater, in every way, than the part. — Troodon Roar
So the only way to make a circle is by putting two semi-circles together?If you still aren’t convinced that a semicircle is part of a circle, just go out and find two semicircular objects, put them together, and you will find that they make a circle. — Troodon Roar
So this is clearly a case of a part having properties that the whole does not have. — Troodon Roar
I find this an interesting idea applied to communities or society — Brett
It’s the idea that the community is the collective, (the whole), of the people (the parts).
If the parts have properties/qualities different from the whole then it’s in conflict with the whole, and vice versa. Then the community is not representative of the people, as it’s purported to be. — Brett
You've posted the exact same argument before. You didn't get much of a discussion, because the idea is trivial and there is not much to discuss. — SophistiCat
Two cells are not identical to one cell. — SophistiCat
I argue that parts can have properties that the wholes which they form with other parts lack. — Troodon Roar
There are some more obvious examples than the circle. One due to Bertrand Russel: a brick wall might be very heavy, although none of the bricks on their own are heavy. — PossibleAaran
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