Haecceity (from the Latin haecceitas - pronounced heck-see-ity) is usually translated as "thisness." Duns Scotus is believed to be the first person to use the word to denote the wholly unique components that make a person or object unlike any other person or object.
Thisness
Haecceity (from the Latin haecceitas - pronounced heck-see-ity) is usually translated as "thisness." Duns Scotus is believed to be the first person to use the word to denote the wholly unique components that make a person or object unlike any other person or object.