Identity, Leibniz's law, and nontransitive reasoning

Pablo Cobreros, Paul Egré, David Ripley, Robert van Rooij

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Abstract

Arguments based on Leibniz's Law seem to show that there is no room for either indefinite or contingent identity. The arguments seem to prove too much, but their conclusion is hard to resist if we want to keep Leibniz's Law. We present a novel approach to this issue, based on an appropriate modification of the notion of logical consequence.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-264
Number of pages12
JournalMetaphysica: Zeitschrift fuer Ontologie und Metaphysik
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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