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    Supports→There is only one fact identical with the proposition that p

    The principle of the indiscernibility of identicals guarantees uniqueness for anything sharing all properties with the proposition that p

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    J. C. Beall (2000) attempts to dissolve this problem on the identity theorist’s behalf by invoking the principle of the indiscernibility of identicals. His proposal works as follows. If we ask, in respect of (11), what the “right” fact is, it seems that we can answer that the “right” fact must at least have the property of being identical with the proposition that p, and the indiscernibility principle then guarantees that there is only one such fact. This proposal is open to an obvious retort. S

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