You are clearly equivocating. The law of identity doesn't owe its existence to language, language owe its existence to the law of identity. — Akanthinos
Since you are the one evaluating the validity of the objection, you can this way safeguard yourself against any form of criticism by simply ignoring anything that could be an objection. Which is what you are doing right now — Akanthinos
The A of "A at T1" and "A at T2" are identical because they are the same A, not because of any other attributes such as composition or spatial location. — Akanthinos
A is identical to A is identical to A is ... But each instances are different and identifiable. The phenomenal compound of "A on pick 1" and "A on pick 2" are different. — Akanthinos
Attributes and relations do not constitute objects, they reveal something about them. — Akanthinos
I beg to differ : objects have intrinsic properties. Where p is an intrinsic property of object x: if p is not an intrinsic property of object y, then y is not x. i.e. p is a necessary property of x.Attributes and relations do not constitute objects, they reveal something about them.
A at different times is numerically one because its successive states are linked by dynamic continuity, not because they are made of the same constituents. — Dfpolis
The question was "Can identity give rise to differences?" My claim was that it cannot. So, I pointed out the differences between two formally identical instance of the same type. Differences, being relational, cannot be found by examining one object in isolation. We need to consider their relations. — Dfpolis
Yes, A is numerically one, but your example is not pointing out a difference in A, but in the picking events. These events are different because they stand in objectively different temporal relations to each other. — Dfpolis
Differences are simply potentiality of values deviation between two observations. — Akanthinos
The determination of identity is the determination of a set of values. — Akanthinos
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