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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

8969	We should abandon absolute identity, confining it to within some category [Geach, by Hawthorne]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

16058

Dion and Theon coexist, but Theon lacks a foot. If Dion loses a foot, he ousts Theon? [Chrysippus, by Philo of Alexandria]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change

16059

Change of matter doesn't destroy identity - in Dion and Theon change is a condition of identity [Chrysippus, by Long/Sedley]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

16075

Denial of absolute identity has drastic implications for logic, semantics and set theory [Wasserman on Geach]

12152

Identity is relative. One must not say things are 'the same', but 'the same A as' [Geach]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law

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Leibniz's Law is incomplete, since it includes a non-relativized identity predicate [Geach, by Wasserman]