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    Challenges→The name 'sun' may be truly and properly applied to any substance that possesses the combination of sensible qualities by which things called 'sun' are distinguished from other substances.

    Therefore, a substance possessing all the nominal qualities of the sun but lacking its underlying nature would not be a true sun, only a qualitative duplicate.

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    • 1.Objects are individuated by their intrinsic physical constitution, not merely by observable properties they produce or manifest.
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    • 2.Two entities sharing all nominal qualities but differing in underlying nature would have different causal powers and modal properties.
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    • 3.Identity requires sameness of essential properties; nominal qualities alone are insufficient for true identity across possible worlds.
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    • 1.If a duplicate satisfies all observable and measurable criteria for being a sun, our epistemic access cannot justify denying it that status.
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    • 2.The notion of 'underlying nature' independent of all nominal qualities is metaphysically obscure and empirically unverifiable.
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    • 3.Pragmatic classification systems depend on functional and nominal equivalence, not hidden metaphysical essences inaccessible to observation.
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