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    It is not the case that Dummett and Stevenson's work on criteria of identity shows that different sortals can legitimately supply different identity conditions without any being ad hoc.

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    • 1.If identity itself is absolute, sortal-relative conditions can only track our concepts, not explain what actually persists.
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    • 2.Without principled constraints on which sortals get which conditions, the view risks collapsing into relativism about identity itself.
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    • 3.Dummett and Stevenson provide limited evidence that sortal-relativity actually solves identity puzzles better than alternatives.
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    • 1.Sortals like 'person' and 'animal' carve nature at different conceptual joints, so identity conditions should vary accordingly.
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    • 2.Linguistic practice shows we apply different persistence criteria across categories without incoherence or theoretical cost.
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    • 3.Ad hoc criteria require arbitrary stipulation; systematic sortal-relativity follows naturally from conceptual role differences.
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