Hacking away at the identity of indiscernibles: Possible worlds and Einstein's principle of...

Examines Ian Hacking's claim that G.W. Leibniz's principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII) should be construed as being true about possible worlds, rather than in them. Hacking's assertion as found in the foundations of space-time physics; Author's claim that Hacking has confused logical wit...

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Published in:	Journal of Philosophy Vol. 92; no. 9; pp. 455 - 467
Main Author:	French, Steven
Format:	Article
Published:	Journal of Philosophy Inc. Sep1995
Subjects:	Spacetime Hacking, Ian, 1936-2023 Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost