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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

17588	We should talk of the transitivity of 'identity', and of 'definite identity' [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: In some contexts, the principle of 'the transitivity of identity' should be called 'the transitivity of definite identity'.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 18)
	A reaction: He is making room for a person to retain identity despite having changed. Applause from me.

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

13920	Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]
	Full Idea: Any individual thing must be a thing of some general kind - because, at the very least, it must belong to some ontological category.
	From: E.J. Lowe (Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence [2008], 2)
	A reaction: Where does the law that 'everything must have a category' come from? I'm baffled by remarks of this kind. Where do we get the categories from? From observing the individuals. So which has priority? Not the categories. Is God a kind?