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14:481-540. The paper contains presentation of point-free system of geometry originating from Whitehead's ideas and based on Lesniewski's mereology. It also briefly discusses the relation between point-free and point-based systems of geometry. Basic properties of mereological structures are given as
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Intuitively, an abstractive class defines a geometrical entity whose dimensionality is less than that of the inclusion space. For example, if the inclusion space is the
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with this defect repaired. Simons did not repair this defect, instead proposing in a footnote that the reader do so as an exercise. The primitive relation of
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Following the verbal description of each axiom is the identifier of the corresponding axiom in Casati and Varzi (1999). Their system
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are, but for numbering, those of Def. 2.1 in Gerla and Miranda (2008) (see also Gerla (1995)). The identifiers of the form
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Inclusion-based point-free geometry (henceforth "point-free geometry") is essentially an axiomatization of Simons's system
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notion of "contact" between two regions, resulting in a primitive "connection relation" between events. Connection theory
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A different approach was proposed in Whitehead (1929), one inspired by De Laguna (1922). Whitehead took as primitive the
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Whitehead did not set out his theories in a manner that would satisfy present-day canons of formality. The two formal
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See Kneebone (1963), chpt. 13.5, for a gentle introduction to Whitehead's theory. Also see Lucas (2000), chpt. 10.
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described in this entry were devised by others in order to clarify and refine Whitehead's theories. The
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by inclusion. Moreover, there does not exist a region included in all of the regions included in
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formalizes a theory of Whitehead whose axioms are not made explicit. Point-free geometry is
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Grzegorczyk (1960) proposed a similar theory, whose motivation was primarily
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below are, but for numbering, those of Def. 3.1 in Gerla and Miranda (2008)
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Presumably this is Casati and Varzi's (1999) "Internal Part" predicate, IP
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is a proper fragment of the theories proposed by Clarke, who noted their
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Hence inclusion-based point-free geometry would be a proper extension of
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Given any two regions, there exists a region that includes both of them.
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that distills the first 12 of Whitehead's 31 assumptions into 6 axioms,
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Grzegorczyk, A., 1960, "Axiomatizability of geometry without points,"
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De Laguna, T., 1922, "Point, line and surface as sets of solids,"
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Given any two regions, there is a region connected to both of them.
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For an advanced and detailed discussion of systems related to
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Inclusion and Connection in Whitehead's Point-free Geometry
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Parts and places: the structures of spatial representation
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge
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Handbook of incidence geometry: buildings and foundations
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Mathematical Logic and the Foundation of Mathematics
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All 8: 884:Point-free geometry is closely related to a 569:{\displaystyle x<y\rightarrow \exists z.} 64:Point-free geometry was first formulated by 1873:Roeper, P., 1997, "Region-Based Topology," 1533:Biacino and Gerla (1991) showed that every 1953: 1939: 1931: 1395: 1328: 1276: 1242:{\displaystyle \forall z\rightarrow x=y.} 1189: 1127: 1074: 904: 698: 608: 522: 446: 367: 295: 257: 176: 1827:Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought 592:has neither an upper nor a lower bound. 1905:. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2nd ed., 1925. 1576: 1253:All regions have proper parts, so that 144:relation that is a standard feature in 76:, but of "events" and of an "extension 1809:" in Buekenhout, F., Kantor, W. eds., 1526:, suggested by chapter 2 of part 4 of 1018:, binary "connection," denoted by the 108:; hence all axioms should be taken as 1892:Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale 23 1793:Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 26 1782:Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 22 140:"≤", which corresponds to the binary 7: 1769:Casati, R., and Varzi, A. C., 1999. 933:{\displaystyle x\leq y\lor y\leq x.} 1469:{\displaystyle \exists y\exists z.} 1156:{\displaystyle Cxy\rightarrow Cyx.} 779:. Given some inclusion space S, an 655:{\displaystyle \exists y\exists z.} 148:theories. 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Index

mathematics
geometry
ontological
region
point
axiomatic systems
mereology
mereotopology
Alfred North Whitehead
geometry
spacetime
relation
philosophical
first-order theories
domain of discourse
unquantified
universally quantified
universal closures
relation algebra
existential quantifiers
binary relation
infix operator
mereological
partially orders
domain
reflexive
transitive
antisymmetric
densely orders
domain

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