Supersubstantivalism, as defended by Jonathan Schaffer, collapses particulars into regions of spacetime, but Descartes insists finite bodies retain genuine substantial status independent of spatial abstraction.

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Descartes: # Descartes René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician from the 1600s who fundamentally changed how people think about knowledge and the mind. He's famous for the idea "I think, therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum), which means that the very fact that you can think proves you exist—a foundation for modern philosophy. He also invented the coordinate system used in mathematics (the x and y axes on a graph), which connects geometry and algebra in practical ways we still use today.
Jonathan Schaffer(as a philosopher referenced for their specific theory): A contemporary philosopher who defends priority monism—the idea that wholes are more basic and real than their parts.
Spacetime(as one criterion for whether something is physically real): A physics concept combining space (location) and time into one continuous system—basically, every physical object exists somewhere at some moment in time.
Spatial abstraction(as used in Descartes' philosophy): The process of thinking about something by removing or ignoring its location in space.

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