Quine on Identity

In a first section, we discuss Quine’s claim according to which identity is a logical notion. We point out that Quine mixes up various types of identities: trivial (or diagonal) identity, Leibniz identity, etc.; and this leads him to commit several mistakes. In a second section, we review Quine’s cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jean-Yves Béziau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2003-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/14733/13474