Some philosophers argue that for complex physical objects, there is no further fact about whether two objects are 'really' the same beyond the overlap of their constitution, as the existence of a 'haecceitas' or 'thisness' to individuate objects is considered implausible or unintelligible.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• physical objects concept