# Defining the Imports

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The three laws of the import of action, substance, and quality:

These must be accounted for distinct from each other, but you need all three:

Deontic Import: A **justified** statement must prescribe some or all real action, or _how_ substance instantiates quality.

Ontic Import: A **true** statement must describe some or all real substance, or _who/what_ substance instantiates quality.

Thetic Import: A **belief** statement must subscribe some or all real quality, or _why_ substance instantiates quality.

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This is my first stab because I had to take that stab or I was going to go absolutely insane. It’s on the way to somewhere. Bear with me.

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Not indexed: hypo-/hyper- thetic import (long for thetic)

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