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In writing and revising this paper I have been helped by current and past discussions with many people, including Marilyn McCord Adams, Keith Donnellan, Daniel Hunter, David Kaplan, Saul Kripke, Alvin Plantinga, and Nathan Salmon. I am particularly indebted to Tyler Burge, Kit Fine, and David Lewis, for reading versions of the paper and giving me helpful comments. Thanks are due to all the participants in discussions at the New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association (December 1979), the Rice University Spring Philosophy Conference (March 1980), and the Catholic University of America (April 1980), where versions or parts of the paper were read. It was written during a sabbatical leave granted by UCLA and spent as a visiting fellow at Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary; I am happy to express my appreciation to all three institutions.

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Adams, R.M. Actualism and thisness. Synthese 49, 3–41 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01063914

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