Hypokeimenon
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Hypokeimenon (Greek: ὑποκείμενον), later often material substratum, is a term in metaphysics which literally means the "underlying thing" (Latin: subiectum).
To search for the hypokeimenon is to search for that substance that persists in a thing going through change—its basic essence.
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See also
- Bundle theory
- Haecceity
- Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)
- Noumenon
- Principle of individuation
- Quiddity
- Substance theory
- Thing-in-itself
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