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    It is not the case that Without a forma corporeitatis, Scotus has no alternative formal principle to ground the post-mortem persistence of organs as genuine substances.

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    • 1.Scotus may ground post-mortem organs in divine conservation of their matter plus accidental dispositions, not requiring a forma corporeitatis.
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    • 2.The claim assumes substances must have formal principles; Scotus's mereology might allow genuine substance-status through composition alone.
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    • 3.Scotus's doctrine of virtual distinction permits organ-matter and form to remain unified without a distinct forma corporeitatis after death.
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    • 1.Scotus rejects substantial forms as primitive metaphysical posits; without forma corporeitatis, no formal principle remains to unify organ matter.
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    • 2.Post-mortem organs require metaphysical grounding as substances, not mere aggregates; Scotus lacks an alternative principle to provide this.
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    • 3.Scotus's haecceity explains individual identity but not substantial persistence; it cannot substitute for a corporeal form's unifying function.
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