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Indeterminacy, identity and counterparts

evans reconsidered

Elizabeth Barnes

pp. 81-96

Abstract

In this paper I argue that Gareth Evans’ famous proof of the impossibility of de re indeterminate identity fails on a counterpart-theoretic interpretation of the determinacy operators. I attempt to motivate a counterpart-theoretic reading of the determinacy operators and then show that, understood counterpart-theoretically, Evans’ argument is straightforwardly invalid.

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(2009) Synthese 168 (1).

Pages: 81-96

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9314-x

Full citation:

Barnes Elizabeth (2009) „Indeterminacy, identity and counterparts: evans reconsidered“. Synthese 168 (1), 81–96.