Haecceitist theories posit that individuals have essential properties independent of intrinsic qualities, making cross-world identity determinate even when qualitative profiles match.

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Haecceitist theories(ontology/metaphysics): A philosophical view that says what makes something uniquely itself goes beyond just its physical features—there's something extra that identifies it as *that particular thing* rather than another identical-looking thing.
Intrinsic qualities(metaphysics): Properties that belong to something all by itself, independent of anything else—like color, size, or shape, as opposed to how it relates to other things.
Qualitative profiles(as used in metaphysics): All the observable or describable characteristics and properties something has—basically, every way you could describe what it's like or what it looks like.
cross-world identity(as used in metaphysics and modal logic): The idea that the same object or person can exist in different possible scenarios or alternate realities. For example, you in this world and you in an alternate world where you became a doctor instead of a teacher.

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