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21293 | Individuation is only seeing that a thing is stable and continuous over time [Hume] |
Full Idea: The principle of individuation is nothing but the invariableness and uninterruptedness of any object through a supposed variation of time, by which the mind can trace it in the different periods of its existence. | |
From: David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739], I.IV.2) | |
A reaction: Not convinced by this. I can individuate something by an almost instantaneous glimpse. I don't increasingly individuate it as time passes. Instant viewing of type and structure may be enough. |