The atom in a molecule as a mereological construct in chemistry

Foundations of Chemistry 15 (3):303-309 (2012)
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In this paper I discuss some consequences and manifestations of a mereology of structured wholes in chemistry, with particular reference to the concept of atoms in molecules

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Mereology.Achille C. Varzi - 2016 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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