The Ontology of Haecceities - Zhang, Ruoyu
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This book deals with the Problem of Distinction, i.e. what explains the distinction of two substances, especially when they are qualitatively indiscernible? It argues that the best solution to this problem is an ontology of haecceities, properties like "being identical with X" which is unique for X and responsible for its individuation. After a detailed examination of various metaphysical positions including the bundle theory and the bare particularism, the author develops a novel ontology of haecceities. A Haecceity Mereology with three rules is proposed. According to this ontology, the…mehr

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This book deals with the Problem of Distinction, i.e. what explains the distinction of two substances, especially when they are qualitatively indiscernible? It argues that the best solution to this problem is an ontology of haecceities, properties like "being identical with X" which is unique for X and responsible for its individuation. After a detailed examination of various metaphysical positions including the bundle theory and the bare particularism, the author develops a novel ontology of haecceities. A Haecceity Mereology with three rules is proposed. According to this ontology, the reality is constituted by two fundamental kinds of properties, universals and haecceities. An individual substance is a special mereological sum of a haecceity and its correspondent universals.
Autorenporträt
Dr Ruoyu Zhang is associate professor of Philosophy at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan. He has studied in Oxford, Aberdeen and got his PhD from Durham University. He has mainly published in metaphysics and anthropology. He has authored and translated several books and hosted the National Social Science Funds of China.