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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'talk' and 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices'

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5 ideas

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 [Salmon,N]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

7272	Maybe lots of qualia lead to intentionality, rather than intentionality being basic [Gildersleve]

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 [Salmon,N]