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Full Idea
The phenomenon of overlapping entities requires that if our reference is to be determinate (as determinate as it is), then there must be analytic principles of individuation.
Gist of Idea
Because some entities overlap, reference must have analytic individuation principles
Source
Alan Sidelle (Necessity, Essence and Individuation [1989], Ch.5)
Book Ref
Sidelle,Alan: 'Necessity, Essence and Individuation' [Cornell 1989], p.163
A Reaction
His point is that there is something inescapably conventional about the way in which our reference works. It isn't just some bald realist baptism.