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    It is not the case that Giles explicitly invokes the Aristotelian categories as the exhaustive ontological grid while simultaneously claiming species escape them, violating the principle of non-contradiction on his own terms.

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    • 1.Giles may invoke categories as a heuristic framework rather than strict metaphysical boundaries, allowing coherent exceptions within systematic discourse.
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    • 2.Species could exemplify a higher-order category or meta-category that preserves rather than violates the principle of non-contradiction.
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    • 3.The claim of exhaustiveness may apply only to ordinary substances, leaving room for species as a distinct ontological tier without contradiction.
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    • 1.Giles affirms Aristotelian categories as exhaustive in his systematic framework, making them non-negotiable boundaries for his ontology.
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    • 2.Giles simultaneously argues species possess properties irreducible to substance, quality, quantity, or other Aristotelian categories.
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    • 3.An entity cannot both necessarily fall within an exhaustive categorical system and transcend that same system without logical contradiction.
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