Single Idea 16202

[catalogued under 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change]

Full Idea

It is the insistence on identity between objects wholly present at different times which gives rise to the problem of change.

Gist of Idea

The problem of change arises if there must be 'identity' of a thing over time

Source

Katherine Hawley (How Things Persist [2001], 2.2)

Book Reference

Hawley,Katherine: 'How Things Persist' [OUP 2004], p.43


A Reaction

My solution is to say things are the 'same', in a slightly loose non-transitive way, rather than formally identical, which is a concept from maths, not from reality.