But John Locke in lost is merely a reference to and not the same as, John Locke the philosopher. Not everything with the same name is the same thing, and it's

But John Locke in lost is merely a reference to and not the same as, John Locke the philosopher. Not everything with the same name is the same thing, and it's possible to reference the second in a series of shared names that itself is referencing the first. References aren't transitive, in this case.