Relative Identity and Number

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 8 (1):1-14 (1978)
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I argue for the consistency of frege's treatments of identity and number. Specifically, I argue that geach is wrong in suggesting that frege's insights about number should have led him to the doctrine of relative identity.

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00455091

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10.1080/00455091.1978.10716204

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Reference and Generality.Peter Geach - 1962 - Studia Logica 15:301-303.
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Mental Acts.Neil Cooper - 1959 - Philosophical Quarterly 9 (36):278-279.
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