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    It is not the case that 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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    • 1.Even if wholes are metaphysically prior, spatial location constraints apply to all physical entities, limiting divergence.
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    • 2.If a region spatially contains distinct sub-regions, any entity located there must have parts corresponding to those sub-regions.
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    • 3.The claim conflates fundamental priority with structural independence; priority need not entail compositional freedom from spatial facts.
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    • 1.Priority monism entails that wholes are fundamental and parts derive their identity from the whole, not vice versa.
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    • 2.If composition is determined by what is fundamental, and spatial parthood is not what is fundamental, they can diverge.
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    • 3.Spatial regions are geometric abstractions; composition involves real physical dependencies that need not follow spatial structure.
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