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Ideas for ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?st1=Michael Devitt', 'Aristotle on Friendship' and 'Thinking About Logic'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

10995	A haecceity is a set of individual properties, essential to each thing [Read]
	Full Idea: The haecceitist (a neologism coined by Duns Scotus, pronounced 'hex-ee-it-ist', meaning literally 'thisness') believes that each thing has an individual essence, a set of properties which are essential to it.
	From: Stephen Read (Thinking About Logic [1995], Ch.4)
	A reaction: This seems to be a difference of opinion over whether a haecceity is a set of essential properties, or a bare particular. The key point is that it is unique to each entity.