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Title: The Identity of Indiscernibles
Contributor(s): Forrest, Peter  (author)
Publication Date: 2010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6871
Abstract: The Identity of Indiscernibles is a principle of analytic ontology first explicitly formulated by Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz in his 'Discourse on Metaphysics', Section 9 (Loemker 1969: 308). It states that no two distinct things exactly resemble each other. This is often referred to as 'Leibniz's Law' and is typically understood to mean that no two objects have exactly the same properties. The Identity of Indiscernibles is of interest because it raises questions about the factors which individuate qualitatively identical objects. Recent work on the interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that the principle fails in the quantum domain (see French 2006).
Publication Type: Entry In Reference Work
Source of Publication: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Publisher: Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Information
Place of Publication: online
ISSN: 1095-5054
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 220309 Metaphysics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
HERDC Category Description: N Entry In Reference Work
Publisher/associated links: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2010/entries/identity-indiscernible
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