Essentialism and the Identity of Indiscernables

Philosophy Research Archives 9:223-243 (1983)
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The paper formulates and defends a version of the Identity of Indiscernibles and demonstrates that it entails a non-trivial version of the doctrine of essentialism.

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10.5840/pra1983924

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