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    It is not the case that If the aggregate just is the one necessary being under another description, then P4's inference from contingent parts to a contingent whole fails by misidentifying the aggregate's modal status.

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    • 1.Composition from contingent parts confers contingency on wholes; description cannot override this principle.
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    • 2.If an entity is composed of contingent parts, the fact of that composition makes it contingent, even if identical to something else.
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    • 3.Modal status should track actual constitution, not just identity relations; two aspects of one thing can have different modal profiles.
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    • 1.Identity statements can hold between entities under different descriptions without changing modal properties.
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    • 2.If the aggregate is numerically identical to a necessary being, it inherits necessity regardless of how it's described.
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    • 3.Modal properties supervene on identity, not on descriptive content; same entity = same modality.
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