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    Gunky objects—objects with proper parts all the way down ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→If an entity x is exactly located at a complex region y, then x is complex.

    Gunky objects—objects with proper parts all the way down and no simple parts—can be exactly located at regions whose complexity arises from a different mereological structure than the object's own.

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    Gunky objects(as used in metaphysics/ontology)
    Objects that are made up of smaller parts, which are made up of even smaller parts, and so on infinitely—with no smallest, indivisible pieces at the bottom.
    Located at regions(as used in philosophy of space and metaphysics)
    Existing in or occupying a specific area of space.
    Mereological structure(as used in metaphysics)
    How something is put together—which parts make it up and how those parts fit together.
    Simple parts(as used in metaphysics)
    The most basic, indivisible units that cannot be broken down into anything smaller.
    exactly located(The region that exactly matches the object's spatial extent)

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    The precise spatial region at which an object is situated, with no remainder
    proper parts(Used in the formulation of mereological principles about identity and composition.)
    Parts of an entity that are not identical to the entity itself; strict sub-components.

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