haecceitistically
/hɛkˈsiːəˌtɪstikli/
haecceitistically adverb: in a haecceitistic manner.
Adverb
haecceitistically
- In a haecceitistic manner.
- […] I am contemplating the possibility of being poor Fred in a world just life this one. The Haecceitist will suggest that I have in mind a qualitative duplicate of this world where the nonqualitative determinants of cross-identification somehow link me with the qualitative counterpart of Fred. But...1984, David [Kellogg] Lewis, “Individuation by Acquaintance and by Stipulation”, in Fred Landman, Frank Veltman, editors, Varieties of Formal Semantics: Proceedings of the Fourth Amsterdam...
- [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
Examples of haecceitistically in a sentence
- If, as seems plausible, there are possible universes of the sort Black envisions, then there are individuals that cannot be distinguished save relationally or haecceitistically.1989, Christopher Hughes, On a Complex Theory of a Simple God: An Investigation in Aquinas' Philosophical Theology, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell...
- Two individuals differ haecceitistically just in case they have different haecceities.2007, Jonathan D. Jacobs, Causal Powers: A Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysic [Dissertation Abstracts International; vol. 69-02, sect. A, p....
- Suppose we allegedly have two indiscernible worlds that differ haecceitistically: at the place where individual A is in W₁, B is in W₂, and vice versa.2009, Daniel Stoljar, “The Argument from Revelation”, in David Braddon-Mitchell, Robert Nola, editors, Conceptual Analysis and...
Origin of haecceitistically
From haecceitistic + -ally.
Questions about haecceitistically
- What does haecceitistically mean?
- Haecceitistically means in a haecceitistic manner.
- How do you use haecceitistically in a sentence?
- If, as seems plausible, there are possible universes of the sort Black envisions, then there are individuals that cannot be distinguished save relationally or haecceitistically.
- What part of speech is haecceitistically?
- Haecceitistically is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce haecceitistically?
- Haecceitistically is pronounced /hɛkˈsiːəˌtɪstikli/.
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