Metaphysics and Language Flashcards
1
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Leibniz’s Law of Identity
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Anything true for one thing must be true for identical things
2
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Perdurance
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Only one part of a timeless object exists at any time
3
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Endurance
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An object is whole at any moment in time
4
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Diachronic Sameness
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The object existing at one time is the same object existing at all other times
5
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Transitivity (of composition)
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If A is a part of B and B is a part of C, then A is a part of C
6
Q
Mereology
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The study of parts and wholes
7
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Dualism
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Mind and matter are 2 separate things
8
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Materialism
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Only matter exists
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