Anyone thinking wholes and parts are ontic categories is either a fraudester or a stupid philosopher (i.e. doubly fraudster). There is no such ontic categories. You construct new wholes to reveal the underlying fragments, you glue the fragments to uncover new wholes ad infinitum.
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Reza, you told me that was not how it was used in colloquial and traditional terminology. I say, it's precisely how it's used in philosophy and perhaps in colloquial language. Go back to your original comment
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No I guess you are misunderstanding me. I said that the concept of physical entities is not commensurate with either Aristotelian vocabulary or the colloquial sense which is in fact a watered down Aristotelianism.
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