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    It is not the case that Aristotle's hylomorphic framework requires that act and potency designate real, intrinsic principles of a thing, not merely its position in an ontological hierarchy.

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    • 1.Act and potency may function explanatorily without being intrinsic metaphysical principles—they could be conceptual tools describing relational states.
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    • 2.Aristotle's texts suggest act/potency sometimes describe comparative states (more/less actual) rather than intrinsic compositional features of being.
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    • 3.The claim conflates explaining causation with requiring intrinsic principles; relational frameworks can account for change without internal composition.
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    • 1.Change and becoming require intrinsic principles within substances; external position alone cannot explain how bronze becomes a statue.
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    • 2.Act and potency ground causal powers: only intrinsic principles explain why X can act on Y in determinate ways, not merely occupy positions.
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    • 3.Hierarchy without intrinsic principles reduces things to mere labels or relations, violating Aristotle's commitment to substances as primary entities.
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