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    It is not the case that The distinction between the nature in the particular and the haecceity is a formal distinction

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    • 1.Ockham argues that any genuine distinction beyond a conceptual one entails real separability, leaving no coherent middle ground for a 'formal' distinction.
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    • 2.If nature and haecceity cannot be separated even by divine power, their alleged distinction collapses into a merely conceptual one imposed by the intellect, not found in the thing.
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    • 1.Aquinas holds that individuation is achieved by designated matter alone, making haecceity a superfluous posit that multiplies entities beyond necessity.
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    • 2.If designated matter already fully accounts for numerical distinction among particulars, introducing a formal distinction between nature and haecceity explains nothing that matter does not already explain.
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    • 1.The nature and haecceity are not really distinct, since they are not separable
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    • 2.The nature and haecceity are not discrete parts of some whole
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    • 3.There must be some kind of distinction between the nature and the haecceity, since they are both constituents of the particular
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