Abstract:I provide a theory of the metaphysical foundations of identity: an account of what grounds facts of the form $$a=b$$
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. In particular, I defend the claim that indiscernibility grounds identity. This is typically rejected because it is viciously circular; plausible assumptions about the logic of ground entail that the fact that $$a=b$$
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