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It is argued that philosophers who adopt the perdurance theory of persistence and who subscribe to the principle of Unrestricted Mereological Composition (UMC) are in a position to regard “Phosphorus is Hesperus” as false.
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Hansson Wahlberg, T. Is Phosphorus Hesperus?. Axiomathes 19, 101–102 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-008-9054-z
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