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All the ideas for 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices', 'The Structure of Science' and 'Categories'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

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We can't do philosophy without knowledge of types and categories [Ryle]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

3425	Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]

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]

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]