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A composing synthesis is required for our representation of space as a whole, not only for representations of determinate parts of space

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1.The B160–1 note suggests in its final sentence that a composing synthesis is required for our representation of space as a whole
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2.It is not sufficient to limit composing synthesis to the construction of figures in geometry or determinate parts of space
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1.Space as a whole is given as an infinite intuition prior to any synthesis, as Kant explicitly states in the Aesthetic (A25/B39).
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2.If space is originally given as a whole, synthesis is required only to carve out determinate parts, not to constitute the whole itself.
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3.The B160–1 note concerns the unity of space as a formal intuition, which can be attributed to the understanding without requiring a composing synthesis of parts into wholes.
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