William James's development of the combination problem presupposes a metaphysics of part-whole reductionism, where the properties of a whole are merely the sum or combined effect of the properties of its parts, and the parts retain their identities.

Authors

• Person: William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition)

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• Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• combination problem concept
• William James entity