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    If space is a precondition for any outer representation r... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The act of spatial representing is itself non-spatial

    If space is a precondition for any outer representation rather than merely its content, the act of spatial representing cannot intelligibly be called non-spatial.

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    • 1.Preconditions are constitutive of their dependent phenomena, not merely external scaffolding for them.
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    • 2.If X is necessary for all instances of Y, then Y inherits the fundamental character of X.
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    • 3.There is no coherent distinction between a representation's form and its content when form is universally required.
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    • 1.Preconditions need not share all properties of what they condition; water enables life without being alive.
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    • 2.The act of representing could be abstract/formal while space is merely its concrete instantiation medium.
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    • 3.Necessity for expression differs from necessity for existence; spatial language describes non-spatial thought.
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