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    Wiggins's sortal dependency thesis shows that sortals gov... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Geach's argument from language relativity does not establish that Relative Identity (RI) is true of identity as formalized in FOL=

    Wiggins's sortal dependency thesis shows that sortals govern individuation conditions without thereby making identity itself relative to a sortal predicate.

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    • 1.Sortals provide necessary conditions for counting and individuating objects without determining whether identity itself depends on sortal membership.
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    • 2.Identity is absolute and unconditional; what varies sortal-dependently is only our criteria for tracking and reidentifying the same entity.
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    • 3.A clay lump and statue can share strict identity while having different sortal conditions, showing sortals govern application without relativizing identity.
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    • 1.If sortals govern individuation conditions, they determine what counts as the 'same' entity; this functionally makes identity relative to sortal choice.
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    • 2.The distinction between governing individuation and governing identity collapses: individuating an object just is determining identity conditions for it.
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    • 3.Without sortal commitment, we cannot answer 'is this the same F?' versus 'same G?'—suggesting identity itself is sortal-relative despite Wiggins's claim.
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