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2468: 1447:. Discernibility is usually defined in terms of pure properties only. The reason for this is that taking impure properties into consideration would result in the principle being trivially true since any entity has the impure property of being identical to itself, which it does not share with any other entity. 110:(often considered a valid predicate). As a consequence, there are a few different versions of the principle in the philosophical literature, of varying logical strength—and some of them are termed "the strong principle" or "the weak principle" by particular authors, in order to distinguish between them. 1510:
Black argues that even relational properties (properties specifying distances between objects in space-time) fail to distinguish two identical objects in a symmetrical universe. Per his argument, two objects are, and will remain, equidistant from the universe's plane of symmetry and each other. Even
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This argument is criticized by some modern philosophers on the grounds that it allegedly derives a conclusion about what is true from a premise about what people know. What people know or believe about an entity, they argue, is not really a characteristic of that entity. A response may be that the
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in which there are two distinct (numerically nonidentical) things that have all the same properties. He claimed that in a symmetric universe wherein only two symmetrical spheres exist, the two spheres are two distinct objects even though they have all their properties in common.
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Some philosophers have decided, however, that it is important to exclude certain predicates (or purported predicates) from the principle in order to avoid either triviality or contradiction. An example (detailed below) is the predicate that denotes whether an object is equal to
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As stated above, the principle of indiscernibility of identicals—that if two objects are in fact one and the same, they have all the same properties—is mostly uncontroversial. However, one famous application of the indiscernibility of identicals was by
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is usually defined in terms of shared properties: two objects are indiscernible if they have all their properties in common. The plausibility and strength of the principle of identity of indiscernibles depend on the
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has argued against the identity of indiscernibles by counterexample. Notice that to show that the identity of indiscernibles is false, it is sufficient that one provide a
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bringing in an external observer to label the two spheres distinctly does not solve the problem, because it violates the symmetry of the universe.
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Since in proposition 6 we come to a contradiction with proposition 2, we conclude that at least one of the premises is wrong. Either:
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properties are also taken into consideration, the same books become distinct so long as they are discernible through the latter properties.
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is uncontroversial and states that if two entities are identical with each other then they have the same properties. The principle of
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to an object if having this property depends on other objects (with or without reference to particular objects), otherwise it is
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If ∀F applies to all such predicates, then the second principle as formulated above reduces trivially and uncontroversially to a
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In a universe of two distinct objects A and B, all predicates F are materially equivalent to one of the following properties:
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The application of Leibniz's law is erroneous; the law is only applicable in cases of monadic, not polyadic, properties; or
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Clark Kent is Superman's secret identity; that is, they're the same person (identical) but people don't know this fact.
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follows from the second. Both principles can be combined into a single axiom by using a biconditional operator (
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Therefore Superman has a property that Clark Kent does not have, namely that Lois Lane thinks that he can fly.
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is an impure property due to the reference to the particular "Socrates". Sometimes, the terms
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is that the inability of Descartes to doubt the existence of his mind is part of his mind's
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Sandkühler, Hans Jörg (2010). "Ontologie: 4 Aktuelle Debatten und Gesamtentwürfe".
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properties, one cannot regard two books lying on a table as distinct when they are
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is intrinsic. If the identity of indiscernibles is defined only in terms of
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Associated with this principle is also the question as to whether it is a
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Impossibility for separate objects to have all their properties in common
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Numerous counterexamples are given to debunk Descartes' reasoning via
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The identity of indiscernibles has been used to motivate notions of
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What people think about are not the actual objects themselves; or
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A form of the principle is attributed to the German philosopher
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and vice versa. It states that no two distinct things (such as
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Another important distinction concerns the difference between
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expressions. Neither of these principles can be expressed in
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can jointly be used to define the equality relation. The
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Between Two Worlds: A Reading of Descartes's Meditations
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are identical if and only if any predicate possessed by
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IsNotAorB, the property that holds of neither A nor B.
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Honderich, Ted (2005). "identity of indiscernibles".
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Black, Max (1952). "The Identity of Indiscernibles".
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of equality follow from the first principle, whereas
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Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell (1910).
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One important distinction in this regard is between
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principle that states that there cannot be separate
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A person is capable of holding conflicting beliefs.
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Therefore, Superman is not identical to Clark Kent.
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Index

ontological
objects
entities
properties
predicate
snowflakes
indiscernibility
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
principle of noncontradiction
principle of sufficient reason
Newton
Clarke
Leibniz–Clarke correspondence
noncontextuality
logical
empirical
second-order
first-order logic
nonfirstorderizable
logical truth
Max Black
logical tautology
equality relation
equivalence relation
reflexive
symmetric
transitive
intrinsic and extrinsic properties
Max Black
model

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