A semantic thesis about how we pick out objects under descriptions is logically independent of a metaphysical thesis that identity itself is a relation holding only relative to a sortal.
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The process of using words or phrases to identify and refer to specific things—like how 'the tallest building in New York' picks out One World Trade Center.
relation(Aristotelian category theory)
An Aristotelian category whose existence requires two possibilities, one for each subject standing in contrast, as opposed to the other nine categories which require only one possibility in one subject.
sortal(Used to ground identity claims between objects picked out by singular terms)
A kind or category (G) that an object falls under, which supports identity and counting claims of the form 'the same G as'