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    It is not the case that The B160–1 note concerns the unity of space as a formal intuition, which can be attributed to the understanding without requiring a composing synthesis of parts into wholes.

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    • 1.Kant's own transcendental deduction emphasizes that all intuitive contents require active synthesis by the understanding.
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    • 2.Attributing spatial unity to understanding without synthesis contradicts Kant's doctrine that synthesis is the understanding's fundamental operation.
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    • 3.Formal intuition still presents a manifold that must be unified; denying this need seems to avoid rather than solve the problem.
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    • 1.Space as formal intuition is the a priori condition for all external experience, not constructed from sensory parts.
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    • 2.The understanding can grasp spatial unity directly without synthesizing discrete elements into a composite whole.
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    • 3.Synthetic unity of space precedes and enables any synthesis of manifold representations within space.
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