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Noun Concept
Categories: Essentialism, Scholasticism, Scotism, Substance theory, Metaphysical properties
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quiddity  haecceity  haecceitas  Haeccity  Haeceity
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The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other WordNet 3.0
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The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In scholastic philosophy, "quiddity" was another term for the essence of an object, literally its "whatness" or "what it is". Wikipedia
Haecceity is a term from medieval scholastic philosophy, first coined by followers of Duns Scotus to denote a concept that he seems to have originated: the irreducible determination of a thing that makes it this particular thing. Wikipedia
Essence or inherent nature of a person or thing Wikidata
The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities that make an individual this specific individual and not some other. Wiktionary
Essence of a particular thing. Wiktionary (translation)
The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing. Wiktionary
Essence. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
kernel
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Scholasticism
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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quiddity, haecceity
Wikipedia
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haecceity, quiddity
Wikidata
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haecceity, quiddity
Wiktionary
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haecceity, quiddity
Wikipedia Redirections
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haecceitas, Haeccity, Haeceity, individual essence, primitive thisness, quidditas, Quiddities, thisness, to ti en einai, to ti esti
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