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Definition of haecceity in English: haecceitynoun hɛkˈsiːɪtihiːkˈsiːɪtihakˈsēədē mass nounPhilosophy 1That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as ‘this (one)’. Example sentencesExamples - For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’
- But it has extra-mental existence only in the particular things in which it exists, and in them it is always ‘contracted’ by the haecceity.
- Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived things.
- Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.
- Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
- 1.1 The property of being a unique and individual thing.
he has a paramount concern with haecceity, the thisness of things Example sentencesExamples - It is the entire assemblage in its individuated aggregate that is a haecceity; it is this assemblage that is defined by a longitude and a latitude, by speeds and affects, independently of forms and subjects, which belong to another plane.
- There's the haecceity, the isness, the standing reserve, that's one thing: the world.
- Not that it actually matters, but that is the haecceity of the question and its answer.
- The haecceity of a thing is what makes this particular thing what it is in particular.
Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin haecceitas, from Latin haec, feminine of hic 'this'. Definition of haecceity in US English: haecceitynounhakˈsēədē Philosophy 1That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “this (one).”. Example sentencesExamples - Understanding concepts in his philosophy (eg., faciality, virtuality, haecceity, types of becoming, and rhizome) is important as they provide to entry points into some of the issues under examination.
- Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived things.
- But it has extra-mental existence only in the particular things in which it exists, and in them it is always ‘contracted’ by the haecceity.
- For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’
- Although it might seem to be a highly fanciful notion, it is hardly more fanciful than some haecceity theories which employ the same distinction, nor perhaps than some possible worlds theories either.
- 1.1 The property of being a unique and individual thing.
he has a paramount concern with haecceity, the thisness of things Example sentencesExamples - The haecceity of a thing is what makes this particular thing what it is in particular.
- Not that it actually matters, but that is the haecceity of the question and its answer.
- It is the entire assemblage in its individuated aggregate that is a haecceity; it is this assemblage that is defined by a longitude and a latitude, by speeds and affects, independently of forms and subjects, which belong to another plane.
- There's the haecceity, the isness, the standing reserve, that's one thing: the world.
Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin haecceitas, from Latin haec, feminine of hic ‘this’. |