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    It is not the case that A science of being qua being is possible even though there is no genus of being

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    • 1.Focal meaning (pros hen equivocity) requires a unified subject matter, but 'being' resists reduction to any single focal referent without circularity.
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    • 2.If substance is the core instance of being, the selection of substance as core presupposes a prior understanding of being that the science was meant to ground.
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    • 3.A science that depends on an unscientific starting point violates Aristotle's own requirement in Posterior Analytics that demonstrative sciences rest on proper first principles.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant's transcendental analytic demonstrates that 'being' is not a real predicate and cannot function as an object of unified theoretical inquiry the way natural kinds can.
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    • 2.Without a genuine genus delimiting its subject matter, what Aristotle calls 'first philosophy' collapses into either theology or a mere catalogue of categorial distinctions, not a unified science.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.All beings are related to a core instance of being, namely substance
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    • 2.It is possible to study all beings insofar as they relate to that core instance
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    • 3.The core instance, substance, can itself be studied as the prime occasion of being
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