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    The notion of 'formal distinction' appears to equivocate ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Duns Scotus argued that formal distinctions obtain within a simple being, meaning causal and essential attributes can be formally distinct without introducing composition.

    The notion of 'formal distinction' appears to equivocate between conceptual distinctions and ontological ones, obscuring rather than resolving the problem.

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