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dc.contributor.advisor | Wilson, N. L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Dowling, William Keith | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:52:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:52:28Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2011-08-09 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1970-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/5785 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 6806 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2141617 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10760 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>In this essay I consider various alleged exceptions to the principle of the indiscernibility of identicals -- Leibniz's Law. There are two major difficulties. First, the apparent antinomy that arises when Leibniz's rule combines with the modalities. I argue that there are a number of ways of dealing with this problem and we are not therefore obliged-to abandon or modify Leibniz's rule. Second, the unacceptable inference which results when Leibniz's rule is applied in contexts expressing mental attitudes. Here, I show how Leibniz's rule and intentional attitudes combine in a perfectly acceptable way.</p> <p>I also deal with a number of other minor objections to this rule, from the current literature on the topic, all of which I hope to show present no difficulties. In fine, despite the many apparent counter-examples considered, I hope to show Leibniz' s Law, which permits the unrestricted interchange of the terms of an identity sentence, has not been falsified.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.title | Leibniz's Law and Identity | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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