Given Conciliar Christology and a compositionalist metaphysics of the incarnation, I explore whether ‘qua-propositions’ are capable of solving the coherence problem in Christology. I do this by probing the metaphysical aspect of qua-propositions, since ‘semantics presupposes metaphysics’ (McCord Adams). My proposal focuses on the fact that the Word accidentally owns an individual human nature. Due to that individuality, the human properties first characterise the individual human nature and, in a ‘next step’, this individual human nature characterises the Word. I call this ‘stepped characterisation’. Subsequently, I show that stepped characterisation validates the use of qua-propositions in Conciliar Christology. Hence, qua-propositions are not merely ‘muddling the waters of logic’ (Morris).

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阶梯式表征：对基督论中准命题的形而上学辩护

鉴于 Conciliar Christology 和化身的组合主义形而上学，我探讨了“准命题”是否能够解决基督论中的连贯性问题。我通过探讨准命题的形而上学方面来做到这一点，因为“语义预设形而上学”（McCord Adams）。我的建议侧重于这样一个事实，即圣言意外地拥有个人的人性。由于这种个性，人的属性首先表征了个体的人性，在“下一步”中，这种个体的人性表征了圣言。我称之为“阶梯式表征”。随后，我展示了阶梯式表征验证了 Conciliar Christology 中准命题的使用。因此，准命题不仅仅是“混淆逻辑的水域”（莫里斯）。