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    It is not the case that Extension can be inseparable from body without being a differentia, since inseparability is a necessary but not sufficient condition for differentiae.

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    • 1.If extension is truly inseparable from body, it functions as a defining feature, making the distinction between necessity and differentia unclear.
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    • 2.Scholastic metaphysics treats inseparable properties as real constituents; treating them as non-differentiating seems inconsistently nominalist.
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    • 3.The claim conflates logical sufficiency with metaphysical role; inseparability may be epistemically insufficient but ontologically constitutive.
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    • 1.Necessary conditions are logically weaker than sufficient conditions, so inseparability can hold without meeting differentiae requirements.
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    • 2.Many properties are inseparable from bodies (e.g., location, mass) yet aren't differentiating features that distinguish kinds.
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    • 3.Differentiae require explanatory or categorical distinctiveness beyond mere necessity, which inseparability alone cannot establish.
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