Given that the analysis of change (both qualitative and substantial) in terms of a substratum that gains and loses properties is Aristotelian (although perhaps foreshadowed in Plato), it is not surprising that the earlier views were unclear on this issue, and it is probable that the Milesian view did not distinguish the notions of an original matter and an enduring underlying stuff.
In 1870, when distinguishing the notion of fatherland from that of nation and applying the latter to Greater Syria, Marrash would point to the role played by language, among other factors, in counterbalancing religious and sectarian differences, and thus, in defining national identity.
For anxiety, Spielberger distinguished the notions of « state » and « trait » anxiety.
Hence one must distinguish between the notion of void space, which is not destroyed when one imagines the destruction of the universe, and the notion of place, which is destroyed when one imagines the destruction of the universe.
In particular, we distinguish between the notion of infrastructure and information dependability and illustrate the need to formally model and reason about a range of CPS applications and their dependability needs.
Therefore, they can be distinguished by the notion of α-marginality.
In opposition to the reductive notion of monetary wealth, Neurath distinguished between the notion of quality of life with its degrees of intensity- and the basis of life.
Following Becattini's approach, he distinguishes firmly the notion of rural district from the weaker notion of a geographically significant network, because the first "is a strengthening and intensification of relations historically settled in the territory thanks to agriculture and activities related to them*" (2000 76).
In more recent work on abduction and discovery, two notions of abduction are sometimes distinguished: the common notion of abduction as inference to the best explanation (selective abduction) and creative abduction (Magnani 2000, 2009).
