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    If substance identity is grounded in the totality of its ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Attributes, not modes, must be the individuating principle for substances.

    If substance identity is grounded in the totality of its modes rather than any single mode, the dependence relation does not preclude individuation by modes collectively.

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    • 1.Substances in Spinozist metaphysics are individuated by infinite attribute expressions, not reducible to single properties.
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    • 2.Collective determination of identity is coherent: a substance is just the unified system of all its modal manifestations.
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    • 3.Dependence (modes depend on substance) and individuation (substance individuated by modes) operate at different logical levels.
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    • 1.If substance identity requires the totality of modes, then individuation remains parasitic on an unexplained substantial unity.
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    • 2.Collective determination faces circularity: identifying 'the complete set of modes' presupposes already individuating the substance.
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    • 3.Dependence asymmetry undermines mutual grounding: modes depend on substance, so substance cannot be grounded in dependent entities.
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