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    It is not the case that Our conceptions of forces and hidden elements are limited to the sensible.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Mathematical structures like complex numbers and Hilbert spaces ground physical conceptions without any direct sensory correlate.
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    • 2.Quantum mechanics employs wave functions and superposition states that are formally indispensable yet categorically non-sensible.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant demonstrated that pure a priori intuitions of space and time structure experience without themselves being derived from sensation.
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    • 2.If foundational spatiotemporal forms are non-empirical, conceptions of force and hidden causation may likewise have non-sensible origins.
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    Reasons Against

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    • Sensibility presents the elements from which conceptions of size and movement must come.
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