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    Supports→The relation between objects in space and experiences whose temporal order we correctly determine need not be causal; objects in space need only provide a frame of reference.

    A spatial object functions as a clock-analog when its states are publicly readable as a sequence, and public readability requires only lawful regularity, not causal efficacy directed at the perceiver.

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    Clock-analog(as used in philosophy of time)
    Something that works like a clock by moving through a series of recognizable positions or states that we can use to tell time or measure change.
    Directed at the perceiver(as used in epistemology and philosophy of perception)
    Aimed at or intended to affect the person who is observing or experiencing something.
    Lawful regularity(as used in philosophy of science)
    A pattern that happens consistently and predictably, following natural rules—like how the sun rises at the same time each day.
    Publicly readable(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    Something that anyone can observe and understand the meaning of without needing special knowledge or equipment.
    causal efficacy

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    (Vaibhāṣika causal theory of cognition)
    The capacity of an object to serve as a real cause, which nonexistent objects are held to lack
    sequence(Contrasted with multiset as the form/matter distinction)
    A formal representation of form; an ordered arrangement of symbols whose ordering carries informational content
    spatial object(referring to concrete, physical things you can point to)
    A physical thing that takes up space and exists at a location in the world.

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