Many, but one

The problem of the many threatens to show that, in general, there are far more ordinary objects than you might have thought. I present and motivate a solution to this problem using many-one identity. According to this solution, the many things that seem to have what it takes to be, say, a cat, are collectively identical to that single cat.

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The author argues that there are more ordinary objects than we think, and proposes a solution using the concept of many-one identity, suggesting that many things resembling a cat are collectively identical to a single cat.