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    Terminological divergence between scholastics does not en... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Albert the Great's and Aquinas's positions on the soul are in conflict.

    Terminological divergence between scholastics does not entail doctrinal conflict if the underlying metaphysical commitments yield identical accounts of soul-body unity.

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    • 1.Metaphysical reality is logically prior to linguistic convention; different terms can denote identical underlying structures.
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    • 2.Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle used different hylomorphic language yet described identical soul-body substantial unity.
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    • 3.Doctrinal conflict requires substantive disagreement about what exists or how it functions, not merely terminological variation.
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    • 1.Terminology and metaphysical commitment are inseparable; how we describe reality shapes what we're actually claiming about it.
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    • 2.Scholastics explicitly debated whether 'form,' 'essence,' and 'actuality' referred to identical or distinct metaphysical entities.
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    • 3.Claiming identical accounts requires demonstrating equivalence—difficult when scholastics disagreed on causal powers and composition.
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