When psychological self-ascription occurs in a fission scenario, the pronoun 'I' fails to uniquely refer, so the absence of misidentification is not immunity but mere referential indeterminacy.

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Fission scenario(a famous puzzle in philosophy about personal identity): A thought experiment where one person's brain or identity somehow splits into two separate people (like science fiction cloning), raising the question of which one is 'really' the original person.
Immunity (from misidentification)(a concept in philosophy about self-knowledge): Protection from being wrong about who you are; the idea that when you say 'I,' you automatically know you're talking about yourself and can't be mistaken.
Pronoun 'I'(the philosophical problem of whether 'I' has a definite meaning): The word we use to refer to ourselves; in this context, the question is whether 'I' still points clearly to one specific person in a fission scenario.
Psychological self-ascription(refers to how we recognize our own mental states): The act of attributing thoughts, feelings, or experiences to yourself—basically, saying 'I think' or 'I feel' about something.
Referential indeterminacy(describes what happens to the word 'I' in a fission case): A situation where a word or phrase is unclear or ambiguous—it doesn't clearly point to one specific thing because multiple options seem equally valid.
Uniquely refer(about whether a word successfully identifies a single individual): To point to or pick out exactly one thing, with no ambiguity; if something fails to uniquely refer, it's unclear which person or thing is meant.

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