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Full Idea
There can be determinately true identity claims despite indeterminate reference of the terms flanking the identity sign; these will be identity claims true under all admissible interpretations of the flanking terms.
Gist of Idea
Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations
Source
Jonathan Schaffer (Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson [2009], 3.1)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophical Books' [-], p.147
A Reaction
In informal contexts there might be problems with the notion of what is 'admissible'. Is 'my least favourite physical object' admissible?