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It is not the case that Trump-qua-husband and Trump-qua-President are distinct real objects of thought that are nonetheless both properties (metaphysical parts) of Donald Trump.
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Relative identity theorists (Geach, Griffin) hold that identity is always under a sortal, so 'Trump-qua-husband' and 'Trump-qua-President' are not distinct objects but the same object under different descriptions.
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If qua-objects were genuinely distinct real objects, Trump would have numerically many selves, violating the mereological principle that coincident objects of the same kind are identical.
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Frege's context principle entails that qua-modifications are linguistic or semantic devices, not indicators of distinct metaphysical parts in the object itself.
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If 'Trump-qua-husband' picks out a real metaphysical part, then every predicate true of Trump generates a distinct entity, collapsing into an implausible proliferation of entities rejected by Ockham's razor.
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Qua-objects are intentional objects consisting of tropes or accidents that are metaphysical parts of the base object.
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Trump-qua-husband and Trump-qua-President are distinct qua-modified noun phrases picking out different tropes of Donald Trump.
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Being a metaphysical part of a base object entails being a property of that base object.
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