Leibniz’s Law
Leibniz’s Law, also known as the principle of the indiscernibility of identicals, states that if two entities are identical, they share all the same properties. For example, if "A" is identical to "B," then anything true about "A" must also be true about "B." In terms of modality, this implies that if something could exist in a possible world, it would have the same properties as it does in the actual world. Thus, understanding the identities of objects and their properties is crucial in discussions of existence and possibility.
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Leibniz's Law, also known as the principle of indiscernibility of identicals, states that if two things are identical, they share all the same properties. For example, if you consider two names for the same person, say "Alice" and "Alice Smith," they refer to the same individual and thus cannot differ in any attribute. If one name has a property that the other does not, they cannot be the same person. This principle helps clarify discussions about identity and distinguishes between different objects based on their characteristics.