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    Aristotelian substantial forms ground property instances ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The asymmetric dependence between property instances and substances is best expressed in terms of particular instances rather than properties and substances in general.

    Aristotelian substantial forms ground property instances at the species level, meaning the dependence relation is mediated by kind-membership, not bare particularity.

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    • 1.Properties like 'being rational' manifest identically across all humans, suggesting a common ground beyond individual particulars.
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    • 2.Species membership explains why individuals share necessary properties; bare particularity cannot account for this uniformity.
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    • 3.Aristotelian forms avoid the regress problem: kind-membership provides determinate grounding without infinite chains of dependence.
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    • 1.Kind-membership itself requires explanation; invoking forms merely relocates the grounding problem rather than solving it fundamentally.
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    • 2.Modern bundle theory explains property instances without substantial forms, making the theory explanatorily redundant.
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    • 3.The theory struggles with properties that cross species boundaries; an individual's being 'colored' is independent of its specific kind.
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