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    If no language can coherently define absolute identity, t... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Within a single fixed language for which Leibniz's Law is defined, Relative Identity and Leibniz's Law are incompatible.

    If no language can coherently define absolute identity, then LL's presupposition fails, and the incompatibility dissolves rather than refuting RI.

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    • 1.Language functions through relational and differential meaning, not absolute reference, so 'absolute identity' may be linguistically incoherent.
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    • 2.If LL's argument depends on defining identity absolutely, but language cannot do this, then LL's premises are unestablished rather than RI-refuting.
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    • 3.Dissolving incompatibility through semantic critique is philosophically legitimate; it avoids both horns by rejecting the framework.
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    • 1.We can operationally define 'same object' without absolute identity: spatio-temporal continuity suffices for practical coherence of RI.
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    • 2.Showing that language struggles with absolute identity doesn't prove LL's specific incompatibility claim is false—two issues.
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    • 3.Dissolution through linguistic deflationism risks making all metaphysical disputes merely verbal, undercutting LL's own coherence.
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