SYSTEMA CONSTRUCTUM

III. Edges — the which-came-first test

Law 10: CONTAINS is whole-and-part only.

`X CONTAINS Y` means Y is literally a part inside the whole X: a car contains an engine; a book contains chapters. It is NOT "related to" and NOT "is a kind of." *`furniture CONTAINS chair` was REJECTED — a chair is a s…

`X CONTAINS Y` means Y is literally a part inside the whole X: a car contains an engine; a book contains chapters. It is NOT "related to" and NOT "is a kind of." *`furniture CONTAINS chair` was REJECTED — a chair is a specific *kind* of furniture (INSTANCE_OF), not a part sitting inside it.*

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