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    Challenges→A composing synthesis is required for our representation of space as a whole, not only for representations of determinate parts of space

    The final sentence of B160–1 is grammatically ambiguous and cannot bear the interpretive weight of extending composing synthesis to infinite space as a whole without independent textual support.

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    B160–1(identifying which text and location is being discussed)
    A reference system used in Kant scholarship to cite specific passages in Kant's *Critique of Pure Reason* (the 'B' refers to the second edition; the numbers indicate the page and section).
    Grammatically ambiguous(describing the problem with the sentence being analyzed)
    A sentence that can be understood in more than one way because of how the words are arranged, making it unclear what the author actually meant.
    Independent textual support(what would be needed to make the argument valid despite the sentence's ambiguity)
    Evidence or explanation found elsewhere in a text that backs up a claim, separate from the problematic passage itself.
    Infinite space as a whole(what the sentence is supposedly trying to extend the concept to)
    The idea of treating all of space—which has no boundaries or limits—as one complete thing rather than as separate pieces.

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    Interpretive weight(what the ambiguous sentence supposedly cannot do)
    The amount of meaning or importance that something is expected to carry or support in an argument.
    composing synthesis(Kantian epistemology; required for representation of space as a whole and for geometry)
    A form of synthesis in which the categories are invoked and which accounts for the represented unity of spatial parts, including both finite distinguished spaces and world-unity

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