Is There a Puzzle about Water?

Hagit Benbaji

doi:10.1080/05568640709485199

Is There a Puzzle about Water?

Hagit Benbaji

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

Mark Johnston argues that the identity between water and H₂O generates a puzzle: Ice is related to H₂O just as water is related to H₂O. If water is identical to H₂O, so is ice, and we end up with an absurdity: water is ice. This paper suggests a way to preserve the identity between water and H₂O without this absurd result.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-218
Number of pages	12
Journal	Philosophical Papers
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/05568640709485199
State	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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Philosophy

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