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All the ideas for 'Areopagiticus', 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices' and 'Buddhacarita'

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6 ideas

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

14742

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

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

7906	When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]

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

18885

Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7904	The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]

7905	The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]