Is Phosphorus Hesperus?

Axiomathes 19 (1):101-102 (2009)
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It is argued that philosophers who adopt the perdurance theory of persistence and who subscribe to the principle of Unrestricted Mereological Composition (UMC) are in a position to regard “Phosphorus is Hesperus” as false.

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