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    Challenges→The best explanation of spatial separation (A being nearer to D than F) is that D is in contact with a nearer part of space than F

    An explanation that appeals to contact with spatial parts illicitly reifies space into a substance with intrinsic metric structure, begging the question against relational accounts.

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    Reifies(as used in philosophy and social theory)
    Makes something abstract seem like a solid, unchangeable thing—basically treating an idea as if it's a permanent physical object.
    Relational accounts(theory of perception)
    Explanations of perception that say seeing something requires a real relationship between you and the actual object in front of you—you can't 'see' something that isn't really there.
    begging the question(Listed alongside equivocation as an example of a fallacy that highlights important issues in real-life arguing)
    A fallacy also known as circular reasoning
    intrinsic metric structure(as used in philosophy of space and time)
    Built-in, measurable properties that space has by itself, like distances and dimensions that exist whether or not anything is measuring them.

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    spatial parts(as used in metaphysics)
    Distinct pieces or sections of something that occupy different locations in space.
    substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
    The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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