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Property Individuation

Barnes, Bryant M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1564415182895252

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2019, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
This thesis will address the question of what individuates a property. In the current literature, the question is predominately answered in three ways. Quidditism takes properties to be categorical and individuated by their quiddities, that is, by the intrinsic nature of the property. Structuralism takes properties to be individuated by the structural roles (e.g., causal or nomological) that they play. Causal structuralism, for example, maintains that a property is individuated by the causal relationships it enters. I will survey the strengths and weaknesses of these positions and conclude by arguing for John Heil’s mixed view, which takes properties to be both dispositional and categorical. However, because Heil’s mixed view is about the nature of properties and not individuation, I will have to construct individuation conditions appropriate for his theory regarding the nature of properties. My concluding chapter will consist of articulating and defending my individuation conditions for Heil’s mixed view.
Deborah Smith (Advisor)
66 p.
Philosophy
Metaphysics, property, property individuation, structuralism, quidditism

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  • Barnes, B. M. (2019). Property Individuation [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1564415182895252

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barnes, Bryant. Property Individuation. 2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1564415182895252.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barnes, Bryant. "Property Individuation." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1564415182895252

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