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    It is not the case that There cannot be two individuals that are exactly alike.

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    • 1.Max Black's two-sphere thought experiment demonstrates that two qualitatively identical objects in a symmetrical universe are conceivable without contradiction.
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    • 2.If numerical distinctness can be grounded in primitive thisness (haecceity) rather than qualitative difference, identical individuals are metaphysically possible.
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    • 3.Therefore, the Identity of Indiscernibles (Leibniz's Law converse) is not a necessary truth, and exactly alike individuals may exist as numerically distinct entities.
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    • 1.Leibniz's argument from sufficient reason assumes space is relational, but under Newtonian absolute space, two identical objects occupy distinct positions by brute fact.
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    • 2.If spatial location is itself an individuating primitive independent of qualitative properties, the demand for a further sufficient reason why one is here and not there is ill-formed.
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    • 3.The principle of sufficient reason thus fails to preclude identical individuals when individuation is grounded in absolute spatiotemporal position rather than intrinsic properties.
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    • 1.The principle of sufficient reason holds that everything has a sufficient reason for being as it is.
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    • 2.If two individuals were exactly alike, there would be no sufficient reason why one individual was in one place while the other was in another place.
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