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    A being that is basic yet composite inherits this depende... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A being can be basic without being absolutely simple

    A being that is basic yet composite inherits this dependency relation, meaning it cannot be self-subsistent or serve as an ultimate terminus of explanation.

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    • 1.Composition necessarily involves parts that are ontologically prior to and distinct from the whole they constitute.
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    • 2.Any entity depending on prior constituents cannot explain its own existence without appealing to something beyond itself.
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    • 3.Only non-composite beings can avoid infinite regress by serving as ultimate explanatory grounds for dependent things.
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    • 1.Compositional structure need not entail explanatory dependency if composition is fundamental rather than derivative.
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    • 2.A composite system could be self-subsistent if its parts and their arrangement are necessarily co-occurring and eternal.
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    • 3.The claim conflates mereological dependence with existential dependence, which may be conceptually distinct categories.
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