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    It is not the case that Kant concedes that space does not belong to objects as they are in themselves, meaning spatial experience fails to disclose the true nature of reality.

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    • 1.Kant grants that space structures all possible human experience legitimately; calling this 'failure to disclose' conflates limitation with falsity.
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    • 2.If noumena are entirely unknowable, claiming space 'fails' to reveal them assumes knowledge of what true nature actually is.
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    • 3.Spatial properties reliably predict behavior and enable successful interaction; calling this non-disclosive of reality seems arbitrary.
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    • 1.Kant distinguishes phenomena (things as they appear) from noumena (things-in-themselves), placing space in the former category.
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    • 2.Space is a form of human sensibility, not a property of objects independent of minds, so it cannot reveal their intrinsic nature.
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    • 3.Our spatial intuitions are constitutive of experience rather than descriptive of reality, limiting what they can disclose about objects.
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