Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:13 pm
A "reference" is that which refers too. That which refers to points too. To say there are multiple identities for the term "reference" is to equivocate one word to a plethora of meanings thus resulting in the very same problem this OP is pointing too.
Your inability to explain your point and refer to an ad hominum, ie attacking the arguer and not the argument, only shows where your argument falls short.
Philosophers indoctrinated in the Aristotelian religion are about as likely to reject the identity axiom as Christians are to reject God.