Impredicative Identity Criteria
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 80 (2):411-439 (2010)
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In this paper, a general perspective on criteria of identity of kinds of objects is developed. The question of the admissibility of impredicative or circular identitycriteria is investigated in the light of the view that is articulated. It is argued that in and of itself impredicativity docs not constitute sufficient grounds for rejecting aputative identity criterion. The view that is presented is applied to Davidson's criterion of identity for events and to the structuralist criterion of identity of placesin a structureAuthor's Profile
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0031-8205
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10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00325.x
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