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    It is not the case that Mereo-locational principles may legitimately be used as premises in arguments against metaphysical views

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    • 1.Pure mereology enjoys near-universal acceptance as a formal system, grounding its use as a metaphysical constraint.
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    • 2.Mereo-locational principles are deeply contested across spacetime theories, making them unsuitable as shared dialectical premises.
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    • 3.Lewis's rejection of structural universals succeeds because the mereological norm invoked is not itself at stake in that debate.
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    • 1.Mereo-locational principles presuppose substantive commitments about the nature of space, time, or spacetime that are independent controversies.
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    • 2.Using contested locational assumptions as argument premises conflates the explanandum with the explanans in metaphysical methodology.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Principles of pure mereology are standardly used as constraints to reject metaphysical views
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    • 2.Lewis rejects states of affairs and structural universals on the grounds that they violate the Uniqueness of Composition
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    • 3.Mereo-locational principles have the same methodological status as purely mereological principles
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