On the Argument for the Necessity of Identity

Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 10 (2):169-171 (2023)
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We show that the thesis that identity is necessary is equivalent to the thesis that everything is necessarily what it is. Hence the challenges facing either, faces them both.

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10.5840/symposion202310211

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