TY - JOUR
T1 - Rigidity, occasional identity and Leibniz' law
AU - Langford, Simon
AU - Ramachandran, Murali
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - André Gallois' recent book Occasions of Identity attempts to defend the coherence of the view that objects may be identical at one time but distinct at another (the occasional identity thesis). The defence requires a special account of rigid designation and a special version of Leibniz' law. This paper shows Gallois' proposals in this regard to be inadequate, and suggests a better line of defence for occasional identity theorists.
AB - André Gallois' recent book Occasions of Identity attempts to defend the coherence of the view that objects may be identical at one time but distinct at another (the occasional identity thesis). The defence requires a special account of rigid designation and a special version of Leibniz' law. This paper shows Gallois' proposals in this regard to be inadequate, and suggests a better line of defence for occasional identity theorists.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9213.00205
DO - 10.1111/1467-9213.00205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60949270875
SN - 0031-8094
VL - 50
SP - 518
EP - 526
JO - Philosophical Quarterly
JF - Philosophical Quarterly
IS - 201
ER -