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    It is not the case that Mereo-locational principles presuppose substantive commitments about the nature of space, time, or spacetime that are independent controversies.

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    • 1.Mereo-locational principles can be formulated abstractly without committing to any specific spatial theory, using formal relations that apply across competing spacetime models.
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    • 2.Even if spatial theories differ, basic principles (parts are inside wholes, wholes contain parts) remain constant across geometries, suggesting independence from substantive space-time doctrine.
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    • 3.The claim conflates *applying* mereo-locational principles *to specific cases* (which requires spatial commitments) with *the principles themselves* (which may be ontologically neutral frameworks).
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    • 1.Mereo-locational principles (e.g., where parts are located relative to wholes) require commitments about spatial continuity, boundaries, or composition that depend on substantive metaphysical views about space itself.
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    • 2.Different spatial theories (Euclidean vs. curved spacetime, discrete vs. continuous space) yield different answers about whether parts can overlap or how wholes relate to spatial regions.
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    • 3.One cannot neutrally specify part-whole location relations without already assuming controversial positions on substantivalism, relationism, or the nature of spatial extension.
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