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    Because exact occupation is a constitutive rather than a contingent external relation, the mereological structure of an object and the structure of its occupied region cannot vary independently, undermining premise P3 of the Humean argument.

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    Constitutive relation(as used in metaphysics)
    A relationship where one thing is essential to what something is; removing it would change the thing fundamentally.
    Contingent relation(as used in metaphysics)
    A relationship that exists but could have been otherwise; it's not necessary to what something is.
    Exact occupation(as used in metaphysics/philosophy of space)
    When an object takes up exactly the same space as a region—like how a sculpture fills the exact space it occupies.
    Humean argument(as used in philosophy of space and metaphysics)
    An argument following the ideas of philosopher David Hume, who argued that objects and the spaces they occupy are separate things that could exist independently.
    Mereological structure

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    How something is put together—which parts make it up and how those parts fit together.
    Premise P3(as used in logical arguments)
    The third basic assumption or starting point in a logical argument (a premise is something you assume is true before drawing conclusions).

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