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All the ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'Replies to Critics'

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

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Names, descriptions and predicates refer to things; without that, language and thought are baffling [Davidson]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]