Material coincidence and the indiscernibility problem

Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 204, 2001, Pages 337-355

  Olson, Eric T ^a  

^a CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644879062     PISSN: 00318094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9213.00233     Document Type: Article

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33. I thank Arif Ahmed, Max Kölbel, Hugh Mellor, Trenton Merricks, Michael Rea and several anonymous referees for comments on an earlier version