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

18440	Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]
	Full Idea: Physical objects are identical if and only if coextensive.
	From: Willard Quine (On the Individuation of Attributes [1975], p.101)
	A reaction: The supposed counterexample to this is the statue and the clay it is made of, which are said to have different modal properties (destroying the statue doesn't destroy the clay).