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In metaphysics, quidditism is the perspective implied by the belief that nomological roles do not supervene on causal properties. Quidditism endorses the existence of quiddities (the existence of "whatness" of properties) and is typically characterized in opposition to causal essentialism.

Notes

  1. Lyre, Holger (2012), "Structural Invariants, Structural Kinds, Structural Laws." In: Dieks D., Gonzalez W., Hartmann S., Stöltzner M., Weber M. (eds.), Probabilities, Laws, and Structures. The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, vol. 3. Dordrecht: Springer, p. 178.
  2. Wang, Jennifer, "The Nature of Properties: Causal Essentialism and Quidditism", Philosophy Compass, 11(3), March 2016, pp. 171–172.


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