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    It is not the case that If space has no genuine parts, then 'contact with a nearer part of space' is an explanatory fiction that cannot ground real distinctions in proximity.

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    • 1.Space can lack intrinsic parts yet admit real structural relations; proximity could be fundamental and non-reducible to mereological composition.
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    • 2.Many successful scientific explanations rely on theoretically useful distinctions that don't require ontological commitment to all posited entities.
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    • 3.The argument conflates 'having no genuine parts' with 'having no real geometric structure'—these are distinct metaphysical claims.
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    • 1.If space is fundamental and indivisible, appeals to 'parts of space' invoke non-existent entities that cannot do explanatory work.
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    • 2.Proximity distinctions require a basis in real structure; fictional parts lack the ontological weight to ground genuine physical differences.
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    • 3.Explanatory fictions are useful heuristics but cannot constitute the truthmakers for claims about which objects are actually closer.
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