The Proper Treatment of Identity in Dialetheic Metaphysics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10344264 |
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| Authors | Nicholas K Jones (0000-0003-2400-7189, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqz030 |
| OpenAlex | W2963778785 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
According to one prominent strand of mainstream logic and metaphysics, identity is indistinguishability. Priest has recently argued that this permits counterexamples to the transitivity and substitutivity of identity within dialetheic metaphysics, even in paradigmatically extensional contexts. This paper investigates two alternative regimentations of indistinguishability. Although classically equivalent to the standard regimentation, on which Priest focuses, these alternatives are strictly stronger than it in dialetheic settings. Both regimentations are transitive, and one satisfies substitutivity. It is argued that both regimentations provide better candidates to occupy the core theoretical role of numerical identity than does the standard regimentation
Aesthetics · Combinatorics · Counterexample · Discrete mathematics · Epistemology · Extensional definition · Identity (music · Mainstream · Metaphysics · Pure mathematics · Theology · Transitive relation · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Highly cited | No |
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