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(2015) The road to universal logic II, Basel, Birkhäuser.

Can identity be relativized?

Otávio Bueno

pp. 253-262

What is the scope of identity? The intuitive response is that it applies everywhere, since every object is identical to itself. In this sense, identity is a general concept. In this chapter, I argue for the generality of identity by critically examining some attempts at relativizing it. I argue that each alleged instance of relativization ultimately presupposes identity, and as a result, identity still stands – in all of its un-relativized glory.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15368-1_11

Full citation:

Bueno, O. (2015)., Can identity be relativized?, in A. Koslow & A. Buchsbaum (eds.), The road to universal logic II, Basel, Birkhäuser, pp. 253-262.

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