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| 16463 | Adams says actual things have haecceities, but not things that only might exist |
| Full Idea: Adams favours haecceitism about actual things but no haecceities for things that might exist but don't. | |||
| From: report of Robert Merrihew Adams (Actualism and Thisness [1981]) by Robert C. Stalnaker - Mere Possibilities 4.2 | |||
| A reaction: This contrasts with Plantinga, who proposes necessary essences for everything, even for what might exist. Plantinga sounds crazy to me, Adams merely interesting but not too plausible. |