haecceitistic

/hɛkˈsiːəˌtɪstik/

haecceitistic adjective: of or pertaining to haecceitism.

Adjective

haecceitistic

Of or pertaining to haecceitism.
- Probably, most of us are Haecceitists with respect to most things through time, but the very inaccessibility of other possible worlds seems to have produced a goodly number of Anti-Haecceitists with respect to trans-world identifications. Even when their quantified modal logics look Haecceitistic...1975 November 6, David Kaplan, “How to Russell a Frege–Church”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 72, number 19, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 723
- [T]here are no clear actual cases of individual substances discernible only with respect to relational and haecceitistic properties. On the other hand, there do seem to be pairs of possible individuals which differ only with respect to such properties. Max Black has argued that there is a possible...1989, Christopher Hughes, On a Complex Theory of a Simple God: An Investigation in Aquinas' Philosophical Theology, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 202

Even when their quantified modal logics look Haecceitistic, their pre-systematic remarks may explain the so-called identities as a manner of speaking.1975 November 6, David Kaplan, “How to Russell a Frege–Church”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 72, number 19, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 723:
[T]here are no clear actual cases of individual substances discernible only with respect to relational and haecceitistic properties.1989, Christopher Hughes, On a Complex Theory of a Simple God: An Investigation in Aquinas' Philosophical Theology, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell...
Many philosophers would admit that there can be purely haecceitistic differences at the level of simples, that is, entities that are not compounds of other entities.2011, Mark Johnston, Surviving Death, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 115:
You have told me, in glorious detail, all the qualitative facts about them, but I need to know some further, irreducibly haecceitistic facts about them in order to know which I prefer.2013, Caspar Hare, The Limits of Kindness, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 154 and 156:

From haecceitism + -ic.

What does haecceitistic mean?: Haecceitistic means of or pertaining to haecceitism.
How do you use haecceitistic in a sentence?: Even when their quantified modal logics look Haecceitistic, their pre-systematic remarks may explain the so-called identities as a manner of speaking.
What part of speech is haecceitistic?: Haecceitistic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce haecceitistic?: Haecceitistic is pronounced /hɛkˈsiːəˌtɪstik/.

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