Part One: Particulars

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Part One: Particulars is the opening section of P. F. Strawson’s *Individuals* in which he develops his influential account of basic particulars and their role in our conceptual scheme.

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instanceOf book section
philosophical text
argues against purely sense-data based ontologies
that material objects play a fundamental role in individuation
that our conceptual scheme presupposes basic particulars
author P. F. Strawson NERFINISHED
containedIn Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics NERFINISHED
discipline metaphysics
philosophy of language
focusesOn the identification of particulars
the logical structure of reference to particulars
the role of particulars in our conceptual scheme
hasConcept basic particular
identifiability conditions for particulars
logical subject
material body as a basic particular
person as a basic particular
reference-fixing for particulars
spatio-temporal framework for particulars
hasKeyTheme criteria of identity for particulars
the dependence of experience on a framework of particulars
the priority of particulars over universals in reference
hasStructure chapters on the nature and role of particulars
influentialFor the analysis of personhood as a type of particular
the concept of basic particulars
the distinction between particular and universal
influentialIn 20th-century analytic metaphysics
the debate on individuation and identity
language English
mainTopic basic particulars
conceptual scheme
openingSectionOf Individuals
partOf Individuals
philosophicalTradition descriptive metaphysics
publishedIn 1959
publisherOfContainingWork Methuen NERFINISHED
relatedWork Part Two: Persons

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