Full Idea
Scientists have developed principles for understanding individuation in terms of the production of thermodynamic depth.
Gist of Idea
Maybe individuation can be explained by thermodynamic depth
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 4.5)
Book Reference
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.240
A Reaction
[They cite J.Collier for this view] Interesting, even though I don't really understand 'thermodynamic depth'. Ladyman and Ross reject it, but there is a whiff of a theory of individuation from within physics.