Full Idea
My use of variables is not merely pedantic; it indicates that the various items on our list pertain to one and the same entity throughout.
Gist of Idea
I use variables to show that each item remains the same entity throughout
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], Intro 2)
Book Reference
Chisholm,Roderick: 'Person and Object' [Open Court 1976], p.17
A Reaction
I am one of those poor souls who finds modern analytic philosophy challenging simply because I think in terms of old fashioned words, instead of thinking like mathematicians and logicians. This is a nice defence of their approach.