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    It is not the case that Motion without any medium — that is, through a void — is possible

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Motion requires a medium to determine direction and differentiate positions, as Aristotle argues in Physics IV: void is dimensionally undifferentiated.
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    • 2.Without qualitative differentiation of positions, a body in void has no reason to move in one direction rather than another, making determinate motion impossible.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Celestial spheres move through a plenum of aether, a fifth element posited precisely to serve as their medium, not through genuine void.
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    • 2.Ibn Bājja's inference from celestial motion to void-motion possibility commits the fallacy of equivocation: 'no resistant medium' is not equivalent to 'no medium whatsoever'.
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    Reasons Against

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    • The celestial spheres move without passing through any resistant medium
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