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    It is not the case that Aristotelian-influenced hylomorphists like Patrick Toner argue that substantial change can make the corpse a successor substance that inherits relational historical properties, including having-been-the-terminus-of-dying.

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    • 1.If a corpse is truly a successor substance, it cannot literally inherit properties from its predecessor—succession breaks identity.
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    • 2.Relational properties like 'having-been-the-terminus-of-dying' seem to require the original subject's persistence, not its replacement.
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    • 1.Relational properties like 'having-been-X' are genuinely possessed by objects and persist through substance change.
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    • 2.Hylomorphism allows a single matter to undergo substantial form change while maintaining identity conditions for relational continuity.
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    • 3.A corpse inheriting the relational property of 'having-died' explains why we correctly identify it with the former living being.
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