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    Challenges→NXS (the thesis that no simple entity is exactly located at a complex region) follows from Supersubstantivalism+.

    If simplicity for entities is defined mereologically while simplicity for regions is defined topologically, NXS conflates two distinct notions of simplicity across different domains.

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    Key Terms

    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    Entities(the things being discussed as having or lacking properties)
    Things that exist—objects, people, ideas, or anything else that has properties and can be described.
    Regions(as used in mathematics and geometry)
    Areas or spaces that take up actual room and have physical extent, like a square area on a map or a volume of space.
    Simplicity(Doctrine of the simple reality)
    An attribute of perfection that denies any contingent facet to God
    domains(the statement uses 'domains' to mean different areas where we learn things)

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    mereologically(describing how to define simplicity for objects)
    In a way that focuses on how things are made up of smaller parts and how those parts fit together; from the word 'mereology,' which is the study of parts and wholes.
    topologically(describing how to define simplicity for regions of space)
    In a way that focuses on the shape, structure, and how things are connected in space, rather than exact measurements; from topology, a branch of mathematics studying spatial properties.

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