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    Supports→Treating modal predicates as Abelardian may be the more fruitful option for defenders of the standard account of identity.

    The Abelardian treatment of modal predicates appears to have applications that extend beyond the issue of constitution.

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    The upshot seems to be that that the advocate of the standard account of identity must maintain either that constitution is not identity or that modal predicates are Abelardian. The latter option may be the fruitful one, since for one thing it seems to have applications that go beyond the issue of constitution.

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