TY - BOOK ID - 77929185 TI - The trope bundle theory of substance : change, individuation and individual essence PY - 2013 SN - 3110320665 9783110320664 3868381805 9783868381801 3110320487 9783110320480 9783868381801 9783110320480 PB - Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Tropes (Philosophy) KW - Substance (Philosophy) KW - Individuation (Philosophy) KW - Individuals (Philosophy) KW - Individuation KW - Particulars (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Haecceity (Philosophy) KW - Matter KW - Metaphysics KW - Ontology KW - Reality KW - Abstract particulars (Philosophy) KW - Particular properties (Philosophy) KW - Particulars, Abstract (Philosophy) KW - Properties, Particular (Philosophy) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77929185 AB - This book supports a version of the trope-bundle view of individual substances matching also with a coherent account of change, individuation and individual essences. In particular, it is argued that qualitative individuation and qualitative individual essences can be tackled within the frames of a trope account. The adoption of a trope BT together with the individuation of tropes via the bearer substance might create the feeling of circularity since tropes and substances seem mutually to individuate each other. The novel solution to the problem developed here consists in showing that the individuation of concrete individual substances is independent, in crucial respects, from the fact that they are construed as bundles of tropes. Apart from metaphysician colleagues, the book is recommended for advanced students in analytic metaphysics. ER -