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Indeterminate Identity: Metaphysics and Semantics

Terence Parsons

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This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity.

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This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity.

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This is a study of philosophical questions about identity. If a ship has all its parts replaced, is the resulting ship identical with the original ship? It argues that these puzzles remain unsolved because of a genuine indeterminacy of identity.

Key concepts: Indeterminacy (philosophy), Indeterminate, Identity (music), Metaphysics, Argument (complex analysis), Semantics (computer science), Epistemology, Philosophy

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