Some Tools of Metaphysics

In Varieties of Things. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. pp. 36–76 (2005)
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This chapter contains section titled: Criteria of Ontological Commitment: Two Examples ‘No Entity without Identity’: Identity Conditions for Objects Individuation Conditions, Identity Conditions, and Metaphysical Kinds Principles and Criteria of Identity.

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