ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that the self should be understood as supervening strongly on the human being's physical and psychological properties. It discusses the brief historical glimpse of G. F. Stout's and D. C. Williams's contributions to the theory of abstract particulars took into the problem of identifying the appropriate concept underlying the reidentificalion of properties. The book explores the nature of the self as being a trope rather than being either a generic or specific universal. It considers interpretation of the person's use of time as it pertains to the formation of the self. The book deals with the temporality of the person as it is shaped both by the social roles he/she must play and the moral decisions performed. It addresses the problem of circularity that some philosophers see as being involved in the notion of the self synthesizing the self.
