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    Point-atoms lacking spatial extension whatsoever possess ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Atoms cannot serve as the ultimate constituents that ground the reality of bodies.

    Point-atoms lacking spatial extension whatsoever possess genuine indivisibility and thus cannot be decomposed into distinct parts.

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    • 1.True indivisibility requires absence of spatial extension, since any spatial magnitude admits geometric division into smaller regions.
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    • 2.Point-atoms with zero extension have no distinct parts to separate, making decomposition logically impossible by definition.
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    • 3.Classical mereology supports that genuine simples cannot have proper parts, and zero-extension entities satisfy this requirement.
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    • 1.Point-atoms lack causal efficacy and cannot interact if they have zero extension, undermining their role as fundamental physical constituents.
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    • 2.Indivisibility may not require zero extension; a minimally extended quantum of space could be genuinely indivisible structurally.
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    • 3.Treating non-spatial properties (spin, charge) as decomposable aspects challenges whether point-atoms truly lack all internal distinction.
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