haecceity
/hɛkˈsiːɪti
/ /hiːkˈsiːɪti/noun [mass noun] Philosophy
1That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as ‘this (one)’.For historical reasons, such a property is called a haecceity -- literally, a ‘thisness.’...
- 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.
1.1The property of being a unique and individual thing: he has a paramount concern with haecceity, the thisness of things...
- 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.
- 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'.