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    NXS (the thesis that no simple entity is exactly located ... — Carmelics
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    NXS (the thesis that no simple entity is exactly located at a complex region) follows from Supersubstantivalism+.

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    • 1.Supersubstantivalism+ holds that it is a necessary truth that each entity is identical to anything at which it is exactly located.
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    • 2.If an entity x is exactly located at a complex region y, then by Supersubstantivalism+ x is identical to y, hence x is complex.
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    • 3.Therefore, no simple entity can be exactly located at a complex region.
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    • 1.Supersubstantivalism+ requires exact location, but a simple entity can be exactly located at a region without being numerically identical to it if location is a primitive external relation.
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    • 2.Philosophers like Parsons (2007) defend location as a fundamental relation irreducible to identity, so Supersubstantivalism+ cannot derive NXS without begging the question against relational accounts.
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    • 3.If location is a primitive external relation, a simple entity and its complex region remain numerically distinct, blocking the identity step in P2.
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    • 1.Gunky or atomless space allows regions to be complex without having simple sub-regions, meaning 'simple entity' and 'simple region' come apart as concepts entirely.
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    • 2.If simplicity for entities is defined mereologically while simplicity for regions is defined topologically, NXS conflates two distinct notions of simplicity across different domains.
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    • 3.Hudson (2005) and others argue that material simples can occupy extended regions, making it metaphysically coherent for a mereologically simple object to be exactly located at a complex region.
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    NXS does follow from Supersubstantivalism+, according to which it's a necessary truth that each entity is identical to anything at which it is exactly located. For suppose that x is exactly located at y and that y is complex. Then, given Supersubstantivalism+, x=y, hence x is complex too.
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