antihaecceitism

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noun

The thesis that all facts about particular things are modally fixed by qualitative matters; the denial of haecceitism.

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Meanings

nounantihaecceitism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemetaphysicshuman sciencesThe thesis that all facts about particular things are modally fixed by qualitative matters; the denial of haecceitism.

    According to anti‑haecceitism, facts about particular things are modally fixed by qualitative matters.

    2025, Daniel S. Murphy, “Haecceitism and Symmetry-Breaking: Things, Time, and Powers”, in Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy, volume 12, →DOI
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    Anti-haecceitism says that no two possible worlds can be duplicates in all purely qualitative respects but differ in which individuals occupy which positions.

    2009, Dean Zimmerman, “The Privileged Present: Defending an 'A-theory' of Time”, in Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, page 230

Origin

From anti- + haecceitism.

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