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Single Idea 14410

[catalogued under 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts]

Full Idea

Your belief that you existed in the year 2000 is true; the belief of a segment of you that it then existed is false; so, by the indiscernibility of identicals, there must be two beliefs here.

Gist of Idea

You believe you existed last year, but your segment doesn't, so they have different beliefs

Source

Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 6.IV n20)

Book Reference

Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.141


A Reaction

Merricks may be begging the question here. But in the segment view there is nothing which can truly believe it existed a year ago, so therefore nothing here has continued existence, so the segments cannot be part of a single thing.