In Aristotelian hylomorphism, matter is the principle of individuation, so three distinct compounds with the same form but different individuating matter constitute three numerically distinct substances.
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Not a thing in itself with mind-independent characteristics, but an appearance — objects as presented to human perception, characterized by shape, contact, and movement.
numerically distinct(Used to characterize the parts of the Form that must exist separately in each participant)
Being distinct in the sense of being different individual tokens, not merely different in kind or quality.
principle of individuation(Used to explain why an object cannot fall under more than one ultimate sortal without contradiction)
A criterion associated with a sortal kind that determines the conditions under which an object of that kind persists and remains the same object over time
substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence