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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

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Evans argues (falsely!) that a contradiction follows from treating objects as vague [Evans, by Lowe]

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Is it coherent that reality is vague, identities can be vague, and objects can have fuzzy boundaries? [Evans]

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There clearly are vague identity statements, and Evans's argument has a false conclusion [Evans, by Lewis]

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Evans assumes there can be vague identity statements, and that his proof cannot be right [Evans, by Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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If a=b is indeterminate, then a=/=b, and so there cannot be indeterminate identity [Evans, by Thomasson]

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

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There can't be vague identity; a and b must differ, since a, unlike b, is only vaguely the same as b [Evans, by PG]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

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'I' is a subject in 'I am in pain' and an object in 'I am bleeding' [Wittgenstein, by McGinn]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

6318	The doctrine of indeterminacy of translation seems implied by the later Wittgenstein [Wittgenstein, by Quine]