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    If X has a simple quiddity, 'X is' cannot be expanded int... — Carmelics
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    Supports→'Whether X exists' requires a distinctive sense—asking whether X has a constituting cause (quiddity) outside the soul—that is irreducible to merely asking whether X exists outside the soul.

    If X has a simple quiddity, 'X is' cannot be expanded into a sentence 'Y is Z' between which a middle term could stand.

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    Aristotle discusses there four types of scientific question or investigation, “whether X is”, “what X is”, “whether X is Y”, and “why X is Y”. His main claim is that the investigation what X is stands to the investigation whether X is, as the investigation why X is Y stands to the investigation whether X is Y. So in order to determine what X is, we must first investigate whether X is, and then, if the answer is yes, investigate why X is. An answer to why X is can be converted into a scientific a

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