Playing with labels, Neil, if pushed to it, I might be inclined to assign myself to the school of semi-haecceitists, as opposed to full- blown haecceitists, anti-haecceitists, or moderate anti-haecceitists. Of course, this is because, as an Irishman, I feel a certain affinity with Duns Scotus (who may have been Irish and who, some claim, used to be on the old Irish five pound note [although this was more likely Scotus Eriugena]), and also because we could immediately put the split as the first item on the agenda of the annual convention of haecceitists, in good Irish political tradition!
Semi-haecceitist, because I would, on the one hand reject anti- haecceitism by acknowledging that the uniqueness of a given individual is not reducible to the set of qualities it exemplifies; on the other hand I would not accept the standard haecceitist position that thisnesses are metaphysically primitive and unanalysable, rather that they are deeply (perhaps infinitely) analysable in their richness - but not, because of this very richness, comprehensively analysable. Which would bring us back to Kantian postulations, involving such ideas as, "Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind," and the philosophical difficulties of going beyond phenomenological horizons, etc. Which leads me to remember favourably anew my decision not to pursue an academic career in philosophy and a renewed sympathy for Marx's comment about the philosophers only interpreting the world, the point being to change it. Now you know ... :-) Francis On 5 Dez., 16:10, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Haecceities Orn, lets confuse them with haecceities. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
