Quine's ontological relativity demonstrates that individuating objects across times requires a background framework of sortal predicates, which flux ontologies systematically undermine.
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Quine(as a proper name referring to the philosopher whose theory is being discussed)
Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American philosopher who wrote about how we know things and how language works. In this statement, we're discussing one of his specific ideas about observation.
Sortal predicates(as the framework needed to identify objects)
Words or categories that tell us what *kind* of thing something is (like 'person,' 'table,' or 'river') and help us understand when something stays the same thing over time.