Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Gilles Deleuze, David M. Armstrong and Gottfried Leibniz

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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
19394 Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz]
18389 When entities contain entities, or overlap with them, there is 'partial' identity [Armstrong]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
10024 The type-token distinction is the universal-particular distinction [Armstrong, by Hodes]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
10728 A thing's self-identity can't be a universal, since we can know it a priori [Armstrong, by Oliver]
17680 The identity of a thing with itself can be ruled out as a pseudo-property [Armstrong]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
16504 Two eggs can't be identical, because the same truths can't apply to both of them [Leibniz]
5055 No two things are totally identical [Leibniz]
13178 Things in different locations are different because they 'express' those locations [Leibniz]
19411 In nature there aren't even two identical straight lines, so no two bodies are alike [Leibniz]
19412 If two bodies only seem to differ in their position, those different environments will matter [Leibniz]
17554 There must be some internal difference between any two beings in nature [Leibniz]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness
8650 Things are the same if one can be substituted for the other without loss of truth [Leibniz]