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    Supports→The argument from supersubstantivalism supports No Interpenetration only for material objects, not for entities of any kind

    Non-material entities like universals lack the persistence conditions that ground the region-identity thesis, so supersubstantivalism's ontological commitments do not extend to them.

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    Non-material entities(contrasted with physical objects)
    Things that exist but are not made of physical stuff—like ideas, numbers, or properties rather than tables and chairs.
    Region-identity thesis(a position in philosophy of space and time)
    A theory saying that a physical object is literally identical to the space or region it occupies.
    ontological commitments(Quine's conception as applied to our best global theory)
    The demands that the truth of our total theory imposes on the world.
    persistence conditions
    The conditions under which an object of a given kind can continue to exist; associated with kinds (e.g., lump of clay can survive squashing, statue cannot).
    supersubstantivalism(Used to argue for the restricted version of No Interpenetration)

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    The view under which material objects are identified with or essentially tied to spatial regions, such that disjoint material objects cannot share exact locations
    universals(Debated in Lefèvre's Disceptatio de universali between two students of Chrysippus's academy)
    Either what particular classes of things share, or what those who reason say they share (decided by convention)

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