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    It is not the case that Formal identity is stronger than real (or essential) identity

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    • 1.Real (essential) identity can hold between entities that differ in formal or qualitative respects, as Kripke's rigid designator framework demonstrates.
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    • 2.If Hesperus and Phosphorus are essentially identical yet formally distinct (different descriptions, modes of presentation), essential identity does not entail formal identity.
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    • 3.Therefore formal identity cannot be stronger than essential identity if the entailment relation runs only one way and essential identity is ontologically more fundamental.
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    • 1.Scotus's formal distinction allows real entities to be really identical yet formally distinct, meaning formal non-identity is compatible with real identity.
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    • 2.If formal distinctness can coexist with real identity, then formal identity adds only an epistemic or descriptive constraint, not a deeper metaphysical one.
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    • 3.Metaphysical strength is measured by ontological priority, not descriptive precision, so real identity remains the stronger relation.
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    • Formal identity entails real (or essential) identity
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