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In our everyday descriptions of our psychological lives, we make frequent reference to particulars; we evince a concern with matters of quantitative and not merely qualitative identity. Yet when one undertakes to give a philosophical account of the relevant mental states, one can seem to have no choice but to let particularity fall to the wayside. Drawing on some neglected ideas of Gareth Evans’, I’ll argue that this unhappy outcome can be avoided. What has looked to most observers like evidence of the independence of thought from its objects is, to the contrary, evidence of a radical dependence.