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Imperfect identity

Olson, E.T. (2006) Imperfect identity. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 106 (2). pp. 247-264. ISSN 1467-9264

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Abstract

Questions of identity over time are often hard to answer. A long tradition has it that such questions are somehow soft: they have no unique, determinate answer, and disagreements about them are merely verbal. I argue that this claim is not the truism it is taken to be. Depending on how it is understood, it turns out either to be false or to presuppose a highly contentious metaphysical claim.

Item Type:Article
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:This is an author produced version of a paper published in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. The definitive version is available from http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9264.2006.00196.x
Academic Units:The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield)
ID Code:1221
Deposited By:Repository Officer
Deposited On:24 May 2006
Last Modified:30 Oct 2007 15:43
Published Version:http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9264.2006.00196.x
Status:Published
Publisher:Blackwell Publishing
Refereed:Yes
Identification Number:doi:10.1111/j.1467-9264.2006.00196.x
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