The identity-talk is a pervasive element in both philosophical inquiry and everyday life. The aim of this paper is to provide an initial analysis and ordering of characteristics that must cease to be the same for there to be a shift in people’s overall perceptions of the object’s identity. In contrast with the existing literature, our main interest lies in examining the interconnection between the change of an object’s name and the phenomenon of identity. The study consists of vignettes, which w…
Read moreThe identity-talk is a pervasive element in both philosophical inquiry and everyday life. The aim of this paper is to provide an initial analysis and ordering of characteristics that must cease to be the same for there to be a shift in people’s overall perceptions of the object’s identity. In contrast with the existing literature, our main interest lies in examining the interconnection between the change of an object’s name and the phenomenon of identity. The study consists of vignettes, which were designed to examine three variables: material constitution, name, and function. The undertaken research is conceived as a preliminary to the construction of the hierarchy of principles governing (re)identification. The most salient of our findings are the reveal of a significant influence of name changes on people’s identity statements, and the absence of an influence from functional changes.
