LessonsEntities and Accidents: Subsistence, Substance and BodyQuiz

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This is not a merely verbal disagreement.

If one person chose the name body for two joined parts and another chose a different name for exactly the same concept, the dispute would be terminological. The actual question is whether the meaning signified by “body” is realized through two joined parts.

Verbal dispute: different labels for one agreed notion.
Substantive dispute: disagreement over the nature or essential condition of the notion.

The distinction locates the subsequent argument correctly.

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Is the disagreement merely terminological?

Entities and Accidents: Subsistence, Substance and Body

وليس هذا نزاعا لفظيا
This is not a merely verbal disagreement.

If one person chose the name body for two joined parts and another chose a different name for exactly the same concept, the dispute would be terminological. The actual question is whether the meaning signified by “body” is realized through two joined parts.

Verbal dispute: different labels for one agreed notion.
Substantive dispute: disagreement over the nature or essential condition of the notion.

The distinction locates the subsequent argument correctly.