Ideas from 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices' by Nathan Salmon [2005], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Reference and Essence (2nd ed)' by Salmon,Nathan [Prometheus 2005,1-59102-215-0]].

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

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It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference

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Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism