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contingent identity: a standalone construct

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Metaphysics

view that a statue and the lump of clay composing it can be identical even though the identity would fail in other possible situations.

In metaphysics, contingent identity refers to view that a statue and the lump of clay composing it can be identical even though the identity would fail in other possible situations. This meaning comes from Gibbard (1975) in Journal of Philosophical Logic.[1]

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identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs problem of material constitution1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Gibbard, A. (1975). Contingent identity. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 4(2), 187-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00693273

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