Applying a model that is itself philosophically contested and generates paradoxes in ordinary metaphysics cannot resolve the deeper paradox of Trinitarian co-inherence—it merely relocates the contradiction.

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Co-inherence(describing how the three parts of the Trinity are understood to relate): A philosophical concept where different things or properties exist within each other simultaneously without merging into one.
Ordinary metaphysics(contrasting with special cases like religious doctrine): The standard, common-sense way philosophers typically think about what exists and how things relate to each other.
Philosophically contested(philosophy): Debated or disagreed upon by philosophers—meaning experts in philosophy don't all agree whether something is true.
Trinitarian(as used in Christian theology): Related to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, which holds that God is one being existing as three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
metaphysics(Hartshorne's naturalistic redefinition of metaphysics): On Hartshorne's view, the study not of realities beyond the physical, but of features of reality that are ubiquitous or that would exist in any possible world.
paradox(R. M. Sainsbury's definition, presented as a target of criticism): An apparently unacceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises

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