haecceity

How To Use haecceity In A Sentence

• Some would defend the Principle even in this case by claiming that there are properties such as being that very object A. Call such a property a thisness or haecceity. The Identity of Indiscernibles
• Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
• The haecceity or thisness of an object, the property of being (identical to) that very object, provides a trivial example of an individual essence for each object. Essential vs. Accidental Properties
• Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
• This leads to a dilemma that was articulated by Steven French and Michael Redhead (1988); either quantum particles are not individuals, or they are individuals but the principle of individuation that applies to them must make reference to some kind of empirically transcendent haecceity, bare particularity or the like. Structural Realism
• The haecceity of a thing is what makes this particular thing what it is in particular.
• Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
• Now, “God, seeing Alexander's individual notion or haecceity, sees in it at the same time the basis and reason for all the predicates which can be said truly of him.” Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• God: concepts of | haecceity: medieval theories of | Trinity
• Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.