Lexicon of Arguments

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I (c) 45
Identity pain/neural state/Lewis: the identity of pain and neuronal state is contingent. But I do not say that we have two states. >Identity theory.
I (c) 45
On the other hand: it is also a contingent truth that Bruce is our cat, but it is wrong to say that Bruce and our cat are contingently identical ((s) as if two creatures had found each other who were previously separated, or separately conceivable.) The contingent element here is that the non-rigid concept of being-our-cat applies to Bruce and not to any other cat.
>Rigidity.
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IV 57
Definition identity/Lewis: the relation in which everything is to itself and nothing else.

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