| 13263 | We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki] |
| 11247 | To know a thing is to know its primary cause or explanation [Aristotle] |
| 12062 | Aristotle's form improves on being non-predicable as a way to identify a 'this' [Aristotle, by Wiggins] |
| 13090 | The principle of diversity for corporeal substances is their matter [Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
| 16632 | We distinguish one thing from another by contradiction, because this is, and that is not [Duns Scotus] |
| 1211 | Viewing an object at an instant, we perceive identity when we see it must be that thing and not another [Locke] |
| 12508 | Living things retain identity through change, by a principle of organisation [Locke] |
| 12979 | The only way we can determine individuals is by keeping hold of them [Leibniz] |
| 12775 | Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection [Leibniz] |
| 12701 | Leibniz moved from individuation by whole entity to individuation by substantial form [Leibniz, by Garber] |
| 21293 | Individuation is only seeing that a thing is stable and continuous over time [Hume] |
| 17432 | Frege's universe comes already divided into objects [Frege, by Koslicki] |
| 18441 | No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine] |
| 8277 | I prefer 'no object without identity' to Quine's 'no entity without identity' [Lowe on Quine] |
| 15810 | Maybe we can only individuate things by relating them to ourselves [Chisholm] |
| 14655 | The 'identity criteria' of a name are a group of essential and established facts [Plantinga] |
| 17519 | To express borderline cases of objects, you need the concept of an 'object' [Ayers] |
| 12132 | Indiscernibility is a necessary and sufficient condition for identity [Brody] |
| 11900 | We can accept criteria of distinctness and persistence, without making the counterfactual claims [Mackie,P on Wiggins] |
| 11870 | Activity individuates natural things, functions do artefacts, and intentions do artworks [Wiggins] |
| 16492 | Individuation needs accounts of identity, of change, and of singling out [Wiggins] |
| 16493 | Individuation can only be understood by the relation between things and thinkers [Wiggins] |
| 13375 | The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien] |
| 12017 | In all instances of identity, there must be some facts to ensure the identity [Forbes,G] |
| 8965 | Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination [Lowe] |
| 8268 | Some things (such as electrons) can be countable, while lacking proper identity [Lowe] |
| 13102 | If you individuate things by their origin, you still have to individuate the origins themselves [Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
| 13103 | Numerical difference is a symmetrical notion, unlike proper individuation [Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
| 4715 | We may say that objects have intrinsic identity conditions, but still allow multiple accounts of them [O'Grady] |
| 12850 | To individuate something we must pick it out, but also know its limits of variation [Simons] |
| 14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
| 11897 | A principle of individuation may pinpoint identity and distinctness, now and over time [Mackie,P] |
| 11898 | Individuation may include counterfactual possibilities, as well as identity and persistence [Mackie,P] |
| 14950 | Maybe individuation can be explained by thermodynamic depth [Ladyman/Ross] |
| 18570 | There may be several ways to individuate things like concepts [Machery] |
| 18765 | Individuation was a problem for medievals, then Leibniz, then Frege, then Wittgenstein (somewhat) [Anderson,CA] |
| 16649 | Scholastics say there is a genuine thing if it is 'separable' [Pasnau] |