Parts - A Study in Ontology - Grand Format

"a thorough and painstaking examination of the relationship of part to whole, and the philosophical issues attaching thereto...the detail and thoroughness of his critique and the care with which he elaborates his alternative viewpoint...makes this book a very welcome contribution to the literature." Mind. "Peter Simons is to be congratulated for having produced a very lucidly written, well thought-out work on formal part and whole theory, i.e., mereology.
He has brought together in a most competent manner the scattered work on this subject and attempted to rectify its philosophical defects, in itself a considerable achievement." History and Philosophy of Logic. "Simons's discussion is almost always marked by fair-mindedness, formal rigour and subtle common sense. Parts could easily be the standard book on mereology for the next twenty or thirty years." Timothy Williamson, Grazer Philosophische Studien.
"Simons has produced a clear and careful work both in metaphysics and in the history and logic of mereology." The Philosophical Review. "an important and impressive contribution to mereology ... and to contemporary ontology." Nous. "Simons' work succeeds on all counts" Philosophy of Science.