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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Contingent Identity' and 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
Naming a thing in the actual world also invokes some persistence criteria [Gibbard]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]