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    If an entity x is exactly located at a complex region y, then x is complex.

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    • 1.Supersubstantivalism+ holds that it is a necessary truth that each entity is identical to anything at which it is exactly located.
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    • 2.Entity x is exactly located at region y.
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    • 3.Region y is complex.
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    • 1.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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    • 2.If mereological structure and spatial structure can come apart (as priority monists like Schaffer maintain about the whole preceding its parts), then a complex region's structure need not mirror the located entity's composition.
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    • 3.Therefore, exact location at a complex region is insufficient to establish complexity in the located entity.
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    • 1.A spatially simple entity (e.g., a point-particle) can be exactly located at a complex region via multilocation across its subregions without itself being complex.
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    • 2.Exact location does not entail mereological correspondence between the located entity and the region's internal structure, as Hudson argues in 'The Metaphysics of Hyperspace'.
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    NXS does follow from Supersubstantivalism+, according to which it's a necessary truth that each entity is identical to anything at which it is exactly located. For suppose that x is exactly located at y and that y is complex. Then, given Supersubstantivalism+, x=y, hence x is complex too.
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    If x is identical to y, and y is complex, then x is complex.
    Region y is complex.
    Supersubstantivalism+ holds that it is a necessary truth that each entity is ide...
    Therefore, exact location at a complex region is insufficient to establish compl...
    Perspectives
    3 (1 for, 2 against)
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