Single Idea 14763

[catalogued under 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts]

Full Idea

A counterpart relation is a similarity relation. Since there are different dimensions of similarity, there are different counterpart relations.

Gist of Idea

Counterparts rest on similarity, so there are many such relations in different contexts

Source

Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 6.4)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.223