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    Challenges→Trump-qua-husband and Trump-qua-President are distinct real objects of thought that are nonetheless both properties (metaphysical parts) of Donald Trump.

    If 'Trump-qua-husband' picks out a real metaphysical part, then every predicate true of Trump generates a distinct entity, collapsing into an implausible proliferation of entities rejected by Ockham's razor.

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    Key Terms

    Ockham's razor(named after medieval philosopher William of Ockham)
    A principle that says the simplest explanation is usually the best one—don't add extra complications or assumptions unless you really need them.
    metaphysical part(Koons (2018), applied to properties of individuals such as Donald Trump)
    A property or trope of an object that constitutes a real but dependent component of that object, as opposed to a spatiotemporal part.
    predicate(Logical/grammatical ontology in Eisagoge)
    Either a sound signifying a meaning or a meaning signified by a certain sound
    proliferation of entities(metaphysics)
    An unwanted explosion in the number of things that supposedly exist. Instead of having just one thing, your theory ends up claiming dozens or hundreds of different things exist.

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    qua(Christological reduplicative strategy for handling incompatible properties)
    A grammatical modifier meaning 'with respect to' or 'in virtue of', used to index a predication to a specific nature.

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