Theories of individuation: A reconsideration of bare particulars

The metaphysical problem of individuation requires an answerto two different but intimately related questions: 1) How are we to characterizeindividuality ontologically? To what ontological category or logical typedoes individuality belong? 2) What sort of distinction is there between theindividuality and nature of an individual, e.g., a real distinction, a modaldistinction, a distinction of reason, or some other distinction My purposein this article is to clarify a bare particular account of individuation andrespond to objections that have been raised against bare particulars as individuators