ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case for understanding the ontological nature of the human self in terms of abstract particulars or tropes, a term used for abstract particulars by Donald C. Williams and, more recently, by Keith Campbell. It argues that interpretation of the self as a supervenient abstract particular that is primarily based on Campbell's understanding of tropes. In the case of supervenience, however, its 'mysterious' nature may simply be a matter of being a given – an ultimate given. Ontological economy and the problems associated with supervenience would appear to tip the balance in favor of interpreting the self in terms of Butchvarov's program. The supervenient self is that which provides the basis for ascribing personal identity to a human being. The self supervenes upon an innumerable quantity of physical and psychological properties belonging to the human individual in question.
