Full Idea
Quinton proposes that an individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position.
Gist of Idea
An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position
Source
report of Anthony Quinton (The Nature of Things [1973], Pt I) by Keith Campbell - The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars §5
Book Reference
'Properties', ed/tr. Mellor,D.H. /Oliver,A [OUP 1997], p.132
A Reaction
This seems the obvious defence of a bundle account of objects against the charge that indiscernibles would have to be identical. It introduces, however, 'positions' into the ontology, but maybe that price must be paid. Materialism needs space.