The non-transitivity of the contingent and occasional identity relations |
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Authors: | Ralf M Bader |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, New York University, 5 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper establishes that the occasional identity relation and the contingent identity relation are both non-transitive
and as such are not properly classified as identity relations. This is achieved by appealing to cases where multiple fissions
and fusions occur simultaneously. These cases show that the contingent and occasional identity relations do not even satisfy
the time-indexed and world-indexed versions of the transitivity requirement and hence are non-transitive relations. |
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