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    It is not the case that A body cannot occupy the same space as another body because both possess matter and dimension, which together cause impermeability.

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    • 1.Descartes and Leibniz distinguished extension as a purely geometric property from the physical force (vis) that actually resists penetration.
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    • 2.If resistance to co-location derives from force or active power rather than passive dimension, then dimensionality is not itself the causal ground of impermeability.
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    • 3.Two bodies sharing identical matter and dimension could therefore be distinguished by differing active forces, leaving co-occupation conceptually possible absent that force.
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    • 1.Scotus and the haecceity tradition hold that matter alone, not dimension, individuates bodies, making dimension causally redundant to impermeability.
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    • 2.If dimension is redundant, the conjunction 'matter AND dimension causes impermeability' fails, and matter alone may permit co-location under different haecceities.
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    • 1.Impermeability of a body is caused by the common existence of matter and dimension.
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    • 2.A body is constituted by both matter and dimension.
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    • 3.Two entities sharing the same combination of matter and dimension cannot co-occupy space.
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