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    It is not the case that If 'esse' and 'id quod est' differ in sense while supposedly referring to the same divine reality, standard substitution principles yield contradictions in intentional contexts.

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    • 1.The argument conflates de re and de dicto readings; at de re level, identity statements about God preserve substitutivity regardless of sense-differences.
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    • 2.Aquinas's 'esse/essentia' distinction operates at metaphysical, not semantic level; applying linguistic substitution rules to ontological claims commits a category error.
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    • 3.If contradictions arise only in intentional contexts, this shows limitations of our concepts, not actual metaphysical inconsistency in divine reality itself.
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    • 1.Frege showed that coreferential terms with different senses create substitution failures in belief contexts without violating logical principles.
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    • 2.Medieval theology explicitly distinguishes essence from existence; treating them as identical in all contexts conflates metaphysical with semantic identity.
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    • 3.Standard first-order logic assumes extensionality; intentional contexts require intensional logic where sense-differences legitimately prevent substitution.
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