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    Because 'Dalmatian' is a phase-sortal tied to a biologica... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→We must either deny that the many Dalmatian-parts are Dalmatians, or deny that the Dalmatians are many

    Because 'Dalmatian' is a phase-sortal tied to a biological life, only the organism whose career the sortal tracks counts as the Dalmatian, not its mereological parts.

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    • 1.Phase-sortals like 'Dalmatian' track continuity through biological life stages, not static composition at any moment.
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    • 2.A heart or kidney cannot undergo the characteristic activities (running, barking, breeding) definitive of being a Dalmatian.
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    • 3.Identity conditions for phase-sortals follow the organism's spatiotemporal continuity, not mereological inclusion relations.
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    • 1.If mereological parts don't count as Dalmatians because they lack characteristic activities, then embryonic Dalmatians lacking mature capacities shouldn't count either.
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    • 2.Phase-sortals may still apply to mereological parts when asking 'what parts does this Dalmatian have?' treating parts as subordinate instances.
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    • 3.The distinction between tracking a career and applying to entities is unclear; one can track wholes while parts still fall under the sortal's criteria.
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