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    If red and blue shared identity constituents sufficient t... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Armstrong's partial identity account of determinate resemblance cannot handle the full range of cases of determination.

    If red and blue shared identity constituents sufficient to explain their both being colors, those shared parts would not preclude co-instantiation, yet co-instantiation is necessarily excluded.

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    Key Terms

    Co-instantiation(as used in metaphysics)
    Multiple different things existing or occurring together at the same time in the same entity.
    Preclude(as used in logic and argumentation)
    To prevent something from happening or to rule something out.
    identity constituents(in metaphysics/ontology)
    The basic parts or components that make up what something fundamentally is. Think of it like the ingredients in a recipe that define what a dish actually is.
    necessarily excluded(in modal logic/metaphysics)
    Something that is impossible by its very nature—it cannot happen under any circumstances, not just by accident. It's ruled out not by choice or circumstance, but by logic itself.

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