Sameness and Substance Renewed

By D. Wiggins. 2001

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Physics and Leibniz's Principles (2003, background): “With the obvious extension of this terminology to sets of objects, it is clear that ordinary solid objects are all absolutely discernible: no two solid objects can occupy the same spatiotemporal position, and given an asymmetric distribution of such objects each will satisfy di¤erent spatiotemporal ”
Object Persistence in Philosophy and Psychology (2007, background): “This is in part because many philosophers are concerned with the persistence of objects considered under sortals (see Hirsch, 1982; Grandy, 2007; Wiggins, 2001; Xu, 1997, in press ).”
Beyond self-esteem: influence of multiple motives on identity construction. (2006, background): “According to philosophers, a defining condition of identity is to show some form of continuity (Wiggins, 2001).”
Biological individuality: the case of biofilms (2012, background): “4 The idea that individuation can only occur when we specify the type of individual being individuated is a central tenet of the sortal view of identity (Wiggins 2001).”
How nostalgia infuses life with meaning: From social connectedness to self‐continuity (2018, background): “For example, philosophers (James, 1890; Parfit, 1971; Wiggins, 2001) and psychologists (Erikson, 1968; Neisser, 1988; Vignoles, 2011) have considered self-continuity a prerequisite of identity, and self-continuity indeed acts as a synthesizer of human experience (Atchley, 1989; Troll & Skaff, 1997).”