Matthew Wennemann

Being and Being This: Haecceity and the Univocal Concept of Being in Duns Scotus

Abstract Haecceity is often understood as a theoretical construct posited by Duns Scotus to explain individuation. This characterization is flawed in two ways: first, it lends haecceity an ad hoc appearance and obscures the fact that it is called for by Scotus’s most basic philos...