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    It is not the case that Scotus's formal distinction allows common natures their own haecceity-independent reality, meaning individuation presupposes rather than grounds the nature.

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    • 1.The formal distinction itself lacks clear criteria: if natures and haecceities are not really distinct, positing their independence becomes metaphysically opaque.
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    • 2.If natures need no individuation to exist, abstract universals become fundamental entities, multiplying ontological commitments beyond what parsimony requires.
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    • 1.Natures like 'humanity' appear conceptually intelligible before we consider individual differences, suggesting natures have independent conceptual reality.
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    • 2.If individuation grounded nature, identical twins would require distinct natures; but they share one nature with distinct haecceities, supporting Scotus's order.
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    • 3.Mathematical essences (triangularity) remain true independent of instantiation, modeling how natures can be real without depending on individualizing principles.
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