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All the ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'Martin Heidegger in conversation' and 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

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I say the manifestation of Being needs humans, and humans only exist as reflected in Being [Heidegger]

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 / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J]

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]