TY - JOUR
T1 - Aristotle on identity
T2 - close enough!
AU - Muller, F. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/9/18
Y1 - 2023/9/18
N2 - We present what Aristotle wrote on identity in a leisurely manner, which is much more than is generally known, save among the cognoscenti (Aristotle scholars), and mutatis mutandis about the introduction of the identity-symbol (=). We add two codas, one on the so-called Leibniz' Law, which is different (but resembles) what passes for it in logic and philosophy, and one on the status of identity, as accepted by mathematicians and logicians, in physics. This article is part of the theme issue 'Identity, individuality and indistinguishability in physics and mathematics'.
AB - We present what Aristotle wrote on identity in a leisurely manner, which is much more than is generally known, save among the cognoscenti (Aristotle scholars), and mutatis mutandis about the introduction of the identity-symbol (=). We add two codas, one on the so-called Leibniz' Law, which is different (but resembles) what passes for it in logic and philosophy, and one on the status of identity, as accepted by mathematicians and logicians, in physics. This article is part of the theme issue 'Identity, individuality and indistinguishability in physics and mathematics'.
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U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2022.0102
DO - 10.1098/rsta.2022.0102
M3 - Article
C2 - 37517440
AN - SCOPUS:85165931628
SN - 1364-503X
VL - 381
JO - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
JF - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
IS - 2255
M1 - 20220102
ER -