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    The claim conflates *applying* mereo-locational principle... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Mereo-locational principles presuppose substantive commitments about the nature of space, time, or spacetime that are independent controversies.

    The claim conflates *applying* mereo-locational principles *to specific cases* (which requires spatial commitments) with *the principles themselves* (which may be ontologically neutral frameworks).

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    Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
    Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
    Mereo-locational principles(as used in metaphysics)
    Rules about where the pieces of something are positioned in relation to the whole thing—like how the parts of a car relate to the car itself.
    Ontologically neutral(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of logic)
    A framework or set of rules that doesn't take sides about what kinds of things actually exist; it works regardless of what you believe is real.
    Spatial commitments(as used in metaphysics)
    Assumptions or promises you make about how things exist in physical space—like saying something must have a specific location or size.
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