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    Challenges→Things in themselves—objects considered qua objects of discursive cognition in general—are not in space.

    P2 of the supporting argument therefore fails: the distinction between our specific intuition and discursive cognition in general does not establish that things-in-themselves lack all spatial or proto-spatial structure.

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    P2 of the supporting argument(logic (structure of arguments))
    The second premise (a starting assumption) in a logical argument that is used to support a larger claim.
    Proto-spatial structure(metaphysics (theory of reality))
    A basic, primitive form of spatial organization (arrangement in space) that isn't quite full spatial structure but has some similar characteristics.
    discursive cognition(Kantian epistemology)
    A general form of cognition by intellects that proceed through concepts and representations, of which spatiotemporal discursive cognition is a specific subtype
    intuition(Kant, Prolegomena 4:286)
    In Kant's usage, immediate sensory or spatial awareness that is not reducible to conceptual thought; the mode by which the distinction between right and left is apprehended.

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    things-in-themselves(Kantian metaphysics)
    The intrinsic nature of objects as they exist independently of human perception and cognition, about which Kant claims we lack substantive knowledge

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