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    If foundational spatiotemporal forms are non-empirical, c... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Our conceptions of forces and hidden elements are limited to the sensible.

    If foundational spatiotemporal forms are non-empirical, conceptions of force and hidden causation may likewise have non-sensible origins.

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    • 1.Kant showed space and time structure experience a priori, not derived from sensation alone.
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    • 2.If spatiotemporal forms are non-empirical cognitive structures, force and causation may share this a priori origin.
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    • 3.We cannot observe force or causation directly—only constant conjunctions—suggesting non-sensible rational origins.
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    • 1.Space and time may be non-empirical but still fundamentally different from causation in their necessity and universality.
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    • 2.Inferring that one type of non-empirical concept shares origins with another requires additional justification beyond analogy.
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    • 3.Modern physics treats force as derivative from fields and energy—empirically measurable—undermining non-sensible status.
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