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[filed under theme 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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Full Idea
Later in 'Metaphysics' Aristotle sees form as offering better prospects of separability and being a this, and treats separability and being a 'this' as better indicators of substancehood than not being a predicable.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle's form improves on being non-predicable as a way to identify a 'this'
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], hylom) by David Wiggins - Substance 4.11.5
Book Ref
'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.238
A Reaction
'Form' will be the word 'eidos', which is also Plato's word for his 'Forms'. I'm thinking that form will bestow individual identity, as in the snubness of a particular nose, where merely being 'a nose' only gives general identity.
The
37 ideas
with the same theme
[principles for picking out objects]:
13263
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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology
[Plato, by Koslicki]
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11247
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To know a thing is to know its primary cause or explanation
[Aristotle]
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12062
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Aristotle's form improves on being non-predicable as a way to identify a 'this'
[Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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13090
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The principle of diversity for corporeal substances is their matter
[Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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16632
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We distinguish one thing from another by contradiction, because this is, and that is not
[Duns Scotus]
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1211
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Viewing an object at an instant, we perceive identity when we see it must be that thing and not another
[Locke]
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12508
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Living things retain identity through change, by a principle of organisation
[Locke]
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12979
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The only way we can determine individuals is by keeping hold of them
[Leibniz]
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12775
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Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection
[Leibniz]
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12701
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Leibniz moved from individuation by whole entity to individuation by substantial form
[Leibniz, by Garber]
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21293
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Individuation is only seeing that a thing is stable and continuous over time
[Hume]
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17432
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Frege's universe comes already divided into objects
[Frege, by Koslicki]
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18441
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No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation)
[Quine]
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8277
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I prefer 'no object without identity' to Quine's 'no entity without identity'
[Lowe on Quine]
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15810
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Maybe we can only individuate things by relating them to ourselves
[Chisholm]
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14655
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The 'identity criteria' of a name are a group of essential and established facts
[Plantinga]
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17519
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To express borderline cases of objects, you need the concept of an 'object'
[Ayers]
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12132
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Indiscernibility is a necessary and sufficient condition for identity
[Brody]
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11900
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We can accept criteria of distinctness and persistence, without making the counterfactual claims
[Mackie,P on Wiggins]
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11870
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Activity individuates natural things, functions do artefacts, and intentions do artworks
[Wiggins]
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16492
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Individuation needs accounts of identity, of change, and of singling out
[Wiggins]
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16493
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Individuation can only be understood by the relation between things and thinkers
[Wiggins]
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13375
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The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding
[Jubien]
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12017
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In all instances of identity, there must be some facts to ensure the identity
[Forbes,G]
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8965
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Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination
[Lowe]
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8268
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Some things (such as electrons) can be countable, while lacking proper identity
[Lowe]
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13102
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If you individuate things by their origin, you still have to individuate the origins themselves
[Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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13103
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Numerical difference is a symmetrical notion, unlike proper individuation
[Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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4715
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We may say that objects have intrinsic identity conditions, but still allow multiple accounts of them
[O'Grady]
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12850
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To individuate something we must pick it out, but also know its limits of variation
[Simons]
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14601
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Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one
[Schaffer,J]
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11897
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A principle of individuation may pinpoint identity and distinctness, now and over time
[Mackie,P]
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11898
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Individuation may include counterfactual possibilities, as well as identity and persistence
[Mackie,P]
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14950
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Maybe individuation can be explained by thermodynamic depth
[Ladyman/Ross]
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18570
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There may be several ways to individuate things like concepts
[Machery]
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18765
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Individuation was a problem for medievals, then Leibniz, then Frege, then Wittgenstein (somewhat)
[Anderson,CA]
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16649
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Scholastics say there is a genuine thing if it is 'separable'
[Pasnau]
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