masked man fallacy

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premise one

i believe a masked man robbed the bank

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premise two

i believe my father did not rob the bankc

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conclusion one

so it is conceivable that my father and the masked man are not the same

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conclusion two

but if im wrong and my father is the masked man then it is metaphysically impossible that my father and the masked man are not the same

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whether it is metaphysically possible that my father is the masked man or not depends on what is actually true of the my father

no one can be a different person from the person they are