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    It is not the case that Supersubstantivalism, as defended by Sider, identifies material objects with spacetime regions via exact location, exploiting the unique persistence conditions of matter.

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    • 1.Objects seem to retain identity through mereological change, but spacetime regions are rigid; this threatens their identification.
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    • 2.The view conflates the spatiotemporal location of an object with the object itself, committing a category error.
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    • 3.Exact location is indeterminate at quantum scales, making object-identity conditions metaphysically unstable under this theory.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Material objects persist through time by continuously occupying successive spacetime regions, explaining their identity conditions.
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    • 2.Identifying objects with spacetime regions avoids multiply realizing the same object in different possible worlds.
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    • 3.Exact location provides a principled criterion for individuating material objects without appealing to primitive parthood.
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