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    It is not the case that A predicate coextensive with being only as a disjunction fails the univocity requirement that grounds Scotus's own transcendental theory.

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    • 1.Disjunctive predicates can maintain univocity if the disjuncts share a common formal structure or ground in reality.
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    • 2.Scotus himself allows for analogical and non-strict univocal predication in some contexts, softening the univocity requirement.
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    • 3.Mathematical and logical predicates are often disjunctive yet univocal; univocity does not require eliminable disjunction.
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    • 1.Univocity requires a single intelligible content shared across instances; disjunctive predicates lack this unified semantic core.
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    • 2.Scotus's transcendental theory depends on concepts having determinate meaning independent of their instances' ontological status.
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    • 3.If 'being' is only expressible as a disjunction, it becomes equivocal across categories, undermining transcendental metaphysics.
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