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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'An Essay in Aesthetics' and 'The Philosopher's Toolkit'

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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
11380 Two things with the same primary being and essence are one thing [Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
4640 If identity is based on 'true of X' instead of 'property of X' we get the Masked Man fallacy ('I know X but not Y') [Baggini /Fosl, by PG]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
17848 Things such as two different quadrangles are alike but not wholly the same [Aristotle]
4647 'I have the same car as you' is fine; 'I have the same fiancée as you' is not so good [Baggini /Fosl]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
17847 You are one with yourself in form and matter [Aristotle]
16134 We can't understand self-identity without a prior grasp of the object [Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
4639 Leibniz's Law is about the properties of objects; the Identity of Indiscernibles is about perception of objects [Baggini /Fosl]