Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Empedocles, David Hume and Michael Dummett
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Both number and unity are incompatible with the relation of identity [Hume]
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Multiple objects cannot convey identity, because we see them as different [Hume]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
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Content is replaceable if identical, so replaceability can't define identity [Dummett, by Dummett]
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Frege introduced criteria for identity, but thought defining identity was circular [Dummett]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
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'An object is the same with itself' is meaningless; it expresses unity, not identity [Hume]
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Saying an object is the same with itself is only meaningful over a period of time [Hume]
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