On Sameness and Identity: A Psychological Study: Being a Contribution to the Foundations of a Theory of Knowledge

· 1925

And some require everything accurately stated; whereas, this accuracy annoys others, either because of their inability to follow a train of reasoning through, or because of its hair-splitting character; for accuracy does involve some hair-splitting. SECTION 1. There are few words the ambiguity of which has led to more confusion and profitless dispute than that of the word _same_. Men constantly use this word as though it had but one meaning, and that meaning were always clear, whereas it really gives expression to a number of widely different experiences, some of which are quite difficult of analysis. It is highly desirable that these experiences should not be confounded with each other, bu…

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