Stance 12 (1):87-95 (
2019)
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Abstract
The principle of Identity of Indiscernibles has been challenged with various
thought experiments involving symmetric universes. In this paper, I describe
a fractal universe and argue that, while it is not a symmetric universe in
the classical sense, under the assumption of a relational theory of space it
nonetheless contains a set of objects indiscernible by pure properties alone.
I then argue that the argument against the principle from this new thought
experiment resists better than those from classical symmetric universes three
main objections put forth against this kind of arguments.