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Ideas for David Bostock, Edmund O. Wilson and Nicholas Rescher

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 4. Identity in Logic
The sign '=' is a two-place predicate expressing that 'a is the same thing as b' (a=b) [Bostock]
|= α=α and α=β |= φ(α/ξ ↔ φ(β/ξ) fix identity [Bostock]
If we are to express that there at least two things, we need identity [Bostock]