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Kryteria identyczności a procedury indywidualizacyjne
Criteria of Identity and Procedures of Individuation

Author(s): Adam Andrzejewski
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Wydział Filozofii i Socjologii, Instytut Filozofii
Keywords: criteria of identity; identity; individuation; object

Summary/Abstract: The main subject of the article is a critical analysis of the functions of the criteria of identity. The author presents a methodological stance called criterialism which claims that the criteria of identity play an important role and have a vast application in both science and philosophy. A set of arguments is presented then to show a polemic stance that the criteria of identity are not responsible for individuation. The author nevertheless acknowledges a positive function of the criteria of identity, which is stated under the name of ontological clarification.

  • Issue Year: 17/2009
  • Issue No: 4 (68)
  • Page Range: 23-33
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish