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quidditism: a standalone construct

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Metaphysics

view that fundamental properties have a primitive identity beyond their causal roles, so two properties could swap roles in another possible world.

In metaphysics, quidditism refers to view that fundamental properties have a primitive identity beyond their causal roles, so two properties could swap roles in another possible world. This meaning comes from Schaffer (2005) in Philosophical Studies.[1]

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References

Schaffer, J. (2005). Quiddistic Knowledge. Philosophical Studies, 123(1-2), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-004-5221-2

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