Sentence examples for problem of the individuation of from inspiring English sources

In this way Astell's rationalist education remedies a very practical problem of the individuation of the body and soul at death.

In this light, the account of individuation by essence seems unexplanatory: either it amounts to an elaborate name for the problem of the individuation of bodies it is supposed to solve, or it simply displaces the same sort of problem from bodies to powers.

The second and third inconveniens both deal with Descartes theory of the individuation of physical bodies.

Second, a further problem is connected to the individuation of states of affairs.

The diagnosis of RLS secondary to, or associated with, other conditions represents a double-faceted process, as the problem may consist in the individuation of occult causes of apparently idiopathic RLS, or, on the contrary, in the recognition of overlooked RLS symptoms in the context of an overt neurological or systemic disease.

Individual reflexivity does not lead to the individuation of the family, but regenerates the ethics and unity of intergenerational responsibility.

Critics may deprecate the protestors' apparent lack of unity and coherence, but to my mind the individuation of the sentiments gives the protests a certain dignity.

The first concerns the individuation of actions.

Couch's point is that the individuation of psychological states, like the individuation of brain states, is an empirical issue.

According to all three views, actions are events, and the individuation of actions derives from different views on the individuation of events (see the entry on events).

At present, the diatribe about the individuation of the type of mechanism responsible for their placement is still open.