The book is carefully and clearly written, and the arguments are presented in a fair and even-handed way … [It] is certainly suitable for use as a textbook in graduate seminars on the metaphysics of parts and wholes, but it is also accessible enough that it could also be used in upper-division undergraduate metaphysics classes. Philosophers who are curious to ... Read moresee what some of the main issues in the metaphysics of parts and wholes are would also profit from reading this book.
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Lando should be congratulated for writing an original, very accessible and thought-provoking book on Classical Extensional Mereology that engages such methodological considerations while always keeping track of the main arguments.
The Philosophical Quarterly
A fundamental addition to the extant literature on mereology ... I warmly recommend this book ... to a graduate student or philosopher with metaphysical commitments, who wants to deepen his or her understanding of CEM.
Phenomenological Reviews
This is simply a superb book in metaphysics. It is the first thorough, fully-fledged book-length discussion, development and defense of Mereological Monism, roughly the view that classical extensional mereology is the general, and exhaustive theory of parthood and composition (and cognate notions). Lando offers a clear characterization of what Mereological Monism is and what it is not and suggests a new overall methodology for it. The latter is both highly valuable in itself and pivotal in providing new epistemological arguments to the point that Mereological Monism is a metaphysically desirable thesis that outweighs its costs. He sets forth an impressive defense of its basic tenets and carefully considers potential objections and shortcomings. Both friends and foes of Mereological Monism will have to address the arguments in this book for the foreseeable future.
Claudio Calosi, Post-doctoral Fellow for Philosophy, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Show Less