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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Regressive Method for Premises in Mathematics' and 'Causation and Laws of Nature'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

14601	Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J]
	Full Idea: Individuation principles are attempts to describe how to count entities in a given domain, by saying when there is one.
	From: Jonathan Schaffer (Causation and Laws of Nature [2008], 3)
	A reaction: At last, someone tells me what they mean by 'individuation'! So it is just saying what your units are prior to counting, followed (presumably) by successful counting. It seems to aim more at kinds than at particulars.