UID:
almafu_9960821767802883
Format:
1 online resource (59 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-02015-3
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1-009-02035-8
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1-009-00467-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in metaphysics
Content:
Identity criteria are powerful tools for the metaphysician. They tell us when items are identical or distinct. Some varieties of identity criteria also try to explain in virtue of what items are identical or distinct. This Element has two objectives: to discuss formulations of identity criteria and to take a closer look at one notorious criterion of object identity, Leibniz's Law. The first section concerns the form of identity criteria. The second section concerns the better-regarded half of Leibniz's Law, the indiscernibility of identicals. The third section turns to the more controversial half of Leibniz's Law, the identity of indiscernibles. The author considers alternatives to Leibniz's Law as well as the possibility that there are no adequate identity criteria to be found.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2022).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Identity -- Contents -- 1 Identity Criteria -- 1.1 What Are Identity Criteria and Why Should We Care about Them? -- 1.2 Varieties of Identity Criteria -- 1.2.1 Material and the Modal Identity Criteria -- 1.2.2 Explanatory Identity Criteria -- 1.2.3 Definitional Identity Criteria -- 1.2.4 General versus Generic Identity Criteria -- 2 The Indiscernibility of Identicals -- 2.1 Breaking Down Leibniz's Law -- 2.2 Controversial Arguments Featuring the Indiscernibility of Identicals -- 2.3 Rejecting the Indiscernibility of Identicals -- 2.4 Do the Arguments Exhibit True Violations of the Indiscernibility of Identicals? -- 2.4.1 The Referential-Shift Strategy -- 2.4.2 The Predicational-Shift Strategy -- 2.5 Recent Work in the Indiscernibility of Identicals -- 3 The Identity of Indiscernibles -- 3.1 Leibniz and the Identity of Indiscernibles -- 3.1.1 Formulating the Identity of Indiscernibles -- 3.1.2 A Restriction to Internal Differences -- 3.1.3 Leibnizian Applications of the Principle -- 3.2 Contemporary Formulations of the Identity of Indiscernibles -- 3.3 Avoiding Triviality -- 4 Counterexamples to the Identity of Indiscernibles and Alternatives to Leibniz's Law -- 4.1 The Possibility of Indiscernible yet Distinct Objects -- 4.2 Contemporary Approaches to Upholding the Identity of Indiscernibles -- 4.3 Rejecting the Identity of Indiscernibles: Alternative Principles of Object-Individuation -- 4.3.1 The Weak Discernibility Proposal -- 4.3.2 The Parthood Proposal -- 4.3.3 The Existence Proposal -- 4.3.4 The Zero-Grounding Proposal -- 4.4 No Criteria for Object Identity -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009001342
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009004671
