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    It is not the case that Dependent Reflexivity entails that r's being located at r is grounded in r's existence, but existence alone cannot generate genuine locative facts without a distinction between locator and located.

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    • 1.Relations can be reflexive and grounded in intrinsic properties alone; self-identity exemplifies this without requiring a locator-located distinction.
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    • 2.Requiring locator-located distinction for genuine location generates infinite regress: what grounds the location of the locator itself?
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    • 3.Existence logically suffices for spatial location; occupying a region is constitutive of existing as a spatiotemporal particular, not additionally grounded.
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    • 1.Location is a relational property requiring distinct relata; a thing cannot be genuinely related to itself without conceptual or metaphysical distinction.
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    • 2.Existence is a bare fact about something's being; it does not entail spatial properties or relations unless supplemented by further metaphysical facts.
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    • 3.Self-location appears parasitic on ordinary location; explaining it requires grounding in existence plus some asymmetry principle distinguishing locator from located.
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