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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices' and 'Scattered Objects'

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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]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / a. Scattered objects

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Clearly a pipe can survive being taken apart [Cartwright,R]

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Bodies don't becomes scattered by losing small or minor parts [Cartwright,R]

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]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]