Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Archimedes, David Lewis and Richard Cartwright

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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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An act of ostension doesn't seem to need a 'sort' of thing, even of a very broad kind [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

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A token isn't a unique occurrence, as the case of a word or a number shows [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity

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Identity is simple - absolutely everything is self-identical, and nothing is identical to another thing [Lewis]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Two things can never be identical, so there is no problem [Lewis]