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    Challenges→A plurality of substantial forms must be posited to avoid metaphysical incongruities.

    Positing plural forms generates a worse incongruity: if matter can receive multiple substantial forms, the unity of substance is undermined, collapsing into accidental aggregation.

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    Key Terms

    Accidental aggregation(as used in metaphysics)
    A random pile or collection of separate objects held together by chance rather than by a unified nature (like a heap of sand versus a living organism).
    Plural forms(as a position that contradicts Aristotle's hylomorphism)
    The idea that a single object could have multiple forms or organizing principles rather than just one.
    Substantial forms(Burley's ontology)
    Universal forms that disclose the natures of primary substances.
    Unity of substance(as contrasted with unity of measure)
    The idea that everything is made of the same fundamental material or ingredient underneath, rather than just being measurable by the same standard.
    incongruity(Core meaning across versions of the Incongruity Theory of humor)

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    positing(Fichtean model of self-consciousness)
    The act by which the I establishes or asserts being — both its own being and, through limitation, the being of the non-I
    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

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