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    It is not the case that If relational truth were fully grounded in intrinsic monadic accidents of each relatum, then changing only the relata's spatial positions—without altering any internal accident—could not change the truth-value of the relation, which is empirically false.

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    • 1.Spatial position is itself a relational or extrinsic property, not an intrinsic monadic accident, so the argument equivocates.
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    • 2.A complete intrinsic state includes dispositional properties defined by counterfactual spatial relationships, avoiding the counterexample.
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    • 3.The argument assumes monadic accidents suffice for relations without addressing whether spatial information encodes in relata's intrinsic structure.
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    • 1.Two identical objects swap positions and their spatial relation reverses (left/right), yet no intrinsic property of either changed.
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    • 2.If relations were grounded solely in intrinsic monadic accidents, symmetric intrinsic duplicates would necessarily bear identical relations to all things.
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    • 3.Empirical cases show spatial position changes alter relational truth-values, contradicting monadic-only grounding theories.
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