Our representation of space is not conceptual in Kant's sense.

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1.We do represent space.
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2.We represent space as having an infinite number of places within it.
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3.If our representation of space were conceptual, we would be required to represent each constituent place in order to represent space itself.
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According to Kant, however, we represent space as having an infinite number of constituents, namely places.[16] If our representation of space were conceptual, we would be required to represent each of these constituents in order to represent space itself, just as we are required to represent metal in order to represent gold (for <gold> catergorizes gold as a metal). Yet we cannot represent every place within space in an effort to represent space itself. If we can take it as settled that

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