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    Space itself is a kind of conceptual abstraction rather than a real entity or substance

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    • 1.Leibniz can be read as arguing that space is an abstraction, not a real entity
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    • 2.Mathematical entities such as an isosceles triangle or a line are conceptual abstractions rather than real substances
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    • 3.Space, on the Leibnizian view, is analogous to such mathematical abstractions
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    It is not clear that this argument is successful. It seems, e.g., to conflate the following: (1) the relation between space and its parts; and, (2) the relation between the representation of space and its constituents. Without this conflation, it is not clear why we should expect to construct our concept of space from our concept of place. It would seem more sensible to construct our concept of space from other concepts, such as that of infinity, or that of a magnitude, and so on, rather than fr
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