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    It is not the case that Locke's account of how we construct the idea of space from the perception of distance between objects is circular and therefore fails.

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    • 1.Locke begins with the perception of a distance relation between two objects as the starting point for constructing the idea of space.
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    • 2.Representing a distance relation between two objects already presupposes a representation of those objects as being in space.
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    • 3.A process cannot coherently begin with a representation that already presupposes the very concept the process is meant to generate.
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