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    It is not the case that If 'Adam' rigidly designates this individual, then a counterfactual Adam who suffered different events is still numerically identical Adam, not a distinct person.

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    • 1.Rigid designation concerns reference semantics, not metaphysical constitution. A term can rigidly pick out an entity whose essential nature is indeterminate.
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    • 2.Counterfactual identity may depend on criteria beyond modal rigidity—e.g., whether sufficient psychological or biological continuity persists across scenarios.
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    • 3.The claim conflates linguistic behavior (how 'Adam' functions as a name) with metaphysical facts about which conditions determine identity in counterfactuals.
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    • 1.Rigid designators pick out the same individual across all possible worlds by definition, regardless of that individual's properties.
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    • 2.Personal identity is determined by underlying continuity (spatiotemporal, biological, or psychological), not by contingent life events.
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    • 3.If Adam's identity could change based on different events, 'Adam' would not rigidly designate but rather designate different individuals in different worlds.
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