Substance Sortals - a persisting entity whenever it exists.
Phase Sortals - an entity when it has certain properties, e.g. a caterpillar and a teenager are phases for a particular entity.
Via: Partfit, D. (2012). We Are Not Human Beings. Philosophy, the Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, volume 87, number 339, January 2012
Phase Sortals - an entity when it has certain properties, e.g. a caterpillar and a teenager are phases for a particular entity.
Via: Partfit, D. (2012). We Are Not Human Beings. Philosophy, the Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, volume 87, number 339, January 2012
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