[MD] Mereological nihilism

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

Ham,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereological_Nihilism

"Mereological nihilism (also called compositional nihilism, or what 
some philosophers just call nihilism) is the position that objects 
with proper parts do not exist (not only objects in space, but also 
objects existing in time do not have any temporal parts), and only 
basic building blocks without parts exist (e.g., electrons, quarks), 
and thus the world we see and experience full of objects with parts 
is a product of human misperception (if we could see clearly, we'd 
not see compositive objects)."

What is your definition of nihilism?  I'm rather tired of you using 
the word for its psychological and emotional effect.  What is your 
definition of nihilism?   It seems to me it represents the limitation 
of human knowledge.  Why should that be considered so devastating?

Marsha