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Review of André Gallois, Occasions of Identity. A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998

机译:回顾安德烈·加洛瓦(AndréGallois),《身份的场合》。关于持久性,变化和同一性的形而上学的研究牛津,克拉伦登出版社,1998

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This is a detailed defense of the view that identity is not an eternal, necessary relation: things can be identical at one time and distinct at another; they can be identical in one world and distinct in another. The defense is judicial rather than passionate, as Gallois’s primary goal is to persuade the reader that the view is ‘at least as credible’ as its more fashionable alternatives. But Gallois also aims to show that if the view is credible then it provides a better solution to a wide range of identity puzzles (the ship of Theseus, the problem of material constitution, the puzzle of amoebic fission, and the like). As it turns out, Gallois goes a long way towards establishing the truth of this conditional claim. The real issue, however, is the credibility of the view itself, and in spite of the many sophisticated and original arguments that fill the pages of the book I suspect that many readers will not change their skeptical minds
机译:这是对身份不是永恒的,必要的关系的观点的详细辩护:事物可以在同一时间相同,而在另一时间则不同。它们在一个世界中可以相同,而在另一个世界中则可以不同。辩护是司法而不是热情,因为加洛瓦的主要目标是说服读者,这种观点与其更时髦的替代方案“至少一样可信”。但是Gallois的目的还在于表明,如果这种观点是可信的,那么它将为广泛的身份困惑(These修斯之船,物质构成问题,阿米巴裂变之谜等)提供更好的解决方案。事实证明,加洛瓦在确立这一有条件主张的真相方面大有帮助。但是,真正的问题是视图本身的可信度,尽管本书中充斥着许多复杂而原始的论点,但我怀疑许多读者不会改变他们的怀疑态度。

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