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'''Haecceitas''' is a term from medieval scholastic [[philosophy]], first coined by followers of [[Duns Scotus]] to denote a concept that he seems to have originated: the irreducible determination of a thing that makes it this particular thing. [[Haecceity]] is a person's or object's thisness, the | '''Haecceitas''' is a term from medieval scholastic [[philosophy]], first coined by followers of [[Duns Scotus]] to denote a concept that he seems to have originated: the irreducible determination of a thing that makes it this particular thing. [[Haecceity]] is a person's or object's thisness, the individualizing difference between the concept "a man" and the concept "Socrates". In modern [[philosophy of physics]], it is sometimes referred to as primitive thisness. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 2 April 2023
Haecceitas is a term from medieval scholastic philosophy, first coined by followers of Duns Scotus to denote a concept that he seems to have originated: the irreducible determination of a thing that makes it this particular thing. Haecceity is a person's or object's thisness, the individualizing difference between the concept "a man" and the concept "Socrates". In modern philosophy of physics, it is sometimes referred to as primitive thisness.