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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
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Leibniz's Law (not transitivity, symmetry, reflexivity) marks what is peculiar to identity [Wiggins]
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Identity is primitive [Wiggins]
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Identity cannot be defined, because definitions are identities [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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A is necessarily A, so if B is A, then B is also necessarily A [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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By the principle of Indiscernibility, a symmetrical object could only be half of itself! [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness
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'Same' is mainly for names or definitions, but also for propria, and for accidents [Aristotle]
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Two identical things have the same accidents, they are the same; if the accidents differ, they're different [Aristotle]
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Numerical sameness and generic sameness are not the same [Aristotle]
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We want to explain sameness as coincidence of substance, not as anything qualitative [Wiggins]
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