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    Challenges→Objects cannot have spatio-temporal structure independently of our representing them as spatio-temporal

    If representational success in science is best explained by correspondence to actual structure, then spatio-temporal organization in objects provides a superior explanation to transcendental idealism.

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    Actual structure(as used in metaphysics)
    The real, objective way that objects and the world are organized—independent of what anyone thinks about them.
    Correspondence(in philosophy of logic)
    The idea that something (like a proof) has a specific meaning or identity that matches up with something else in a precise way.
    Representational success(as the philosophical problem being explained)
    When our thoughts, words, or theories accurately capture and describe reality—basically, when our ideas correctly 'represent' or match how things actually are.
    Spatio-temporal organization(as used in metaphysics and physics)
    The way objects are arranged in space (where they are) and time (when they exist or change).
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    (as used in philosophy of science)
    An account that better explains something because it's simpler, more evidence-based, or more logically compelling than competing explanations.
    transcendental idealism(Kant's own label for his philosophical position)
    The position that the main forms of objects (spatiality, temporality, substantiality, causality, etc.) are imposed by the subject upon experience and therefore cannot be regarded as real forms of objects independent of our representations, while nonetheless maintaining that both selves and objects really exist independently of our representations of them.

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