In modal logic, the necessity of identity is the thesis that for every object x and object y, if x and y are the same object, it is necessary that x and...

world is not a mark of inconsistency. As in the case of necessity of identity, there was a resistance to this interpretation of moral conflict. Her argument...

CT and essentialism is of interest. (Essentialism, the necessity of identity, and rigid designators form an important troika of mutual interdependence...

Naming and Necessity is a 1980 book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the philosopher Saul Kripke, at Princeton University in 1970, in which...

A posteriori necessity is a thesis in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, that some statements of which we must acquire knowledge a posteriori...

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), is characterized by the presence of at least two personality...

Bull., n°95). In case of necessity to establish your identity, not being able to prove it "by any means" (for example the legality of a road traffic procès-verbal...

logic proof of the necessity of identity; (5) the concept of a rigid designator, though Kripke coined that term; and (6) a posteriori identity. Smith argued...

metaphysical necessity, sometimes called broad logical necessity, is one of many different kinds of necessity, which sits between logical necessity and nomological...

"The Necessity of Atheism" is an essay on atheism by the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, printed in 1811 by Charles and William Phillips in Worthing...

Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals...

Passing, in the context of race, occurs when one conceals their true racial identity or ethnicity in order to be perceived as another race for acceptance...

Personal identity is the unique identity of a person over time. Discussions regarding personal identity typically aim to determine the necessary and sufficient...

National identity is a person's identity or sense of belonging to one or more states or one or more nations. It is the sense of "a nation as a cohesive...

materialism, type identity theory, mind–brain identity theory, and identity theory of mind) is a physicalist theory in the philosophy of mind. It asserts...

This is a list of gender identities. Gender identity can be understood to include how people describe, present, and feel about themselves. Abinary Agender...

her captors were aware of her claim that she wore such clothing out of necessity and divine instruction. Under the procedures of the Inquisition, individuals...

Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, including existence, objects and their properties, possibility and necessity, space and time...

include something within the concept can be listed. For example, the concept of a triangle is closed because it is both necessary and sufficient that something...

The Reign of Terror is the eighth serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC1 in six weekly...

The doctrine of necessity is the basis on which extraordinary actions by administrative authority, which are designed to restore order or uphold fundamental...

is possible, of course, that we are mistaken about the chemical composition of water, but that does not affect the necessity of identities. What is not...

foreigners, issued in specific cases of necessity (foreigners without documents from their country and at the same time holders of a residence permit, stateless...

of Philosophy. "Water's water everywhere" by Jerry Fodor - a review of C. Hughes's book Kripke: Names, Necessity and Identity at the London Review of...

Internet identity (IID), also online identity, online personality, online persona or internet persona, is a social identity that an Internet user establishes...

The saving identity or the saving-investment identity is a concept in national income accounting stating that the amount saved in an economy will be the...

False necessity, or anti-necessitarian social theory, is a contemporary social theory that argues for the plasticity of social organizations and their...

onset of puberty to allow the exploration of their gender identity without the distress of irreversible pubertal changes. Upon reaching the age of consent...

Wald's identity or Wald's lemma is an important identity that simplifies the calculation of the expected value of the sum of a random number of random...

Nationalist Imaginings of War in Cyprus". In Hinde, Robert A.; Watson, Helen (eds.). War, a Cruel Necessity?: The Bases of Institutionalized Violence...