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    It is not the case that The No Necessary Connections principle applies to distinct entities, but the relationship between an object and the region it exactly occupies is not a relation between distinct entities—it is a constitutive tie that grounds the object's spatial properties.

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    • 1.If objects and regions are distinct entities (as location claims require), then denying necessary connections between them is inconsistent.
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    • 2.Calling occupation 'constitutive' merely relabels the problem—it still requires explaining why this particular relation holds necessarily between distinct things.
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    • 3.Spatial properties like 'being here' seem grounded in causal-relational facts, not metaphysical constitution, making the distinction ad hoc.
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    • 1.Constitutive relations differ fundamentally from external relations—they define what something is rather than merely connecting distinct things.
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    • 2.An object's spatial properties (location, extension) logically depend on its occupation of space, not contingently related to it.
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    • 3.The No Necessary Connections principle assumes relata are independent; but objects and their regions are metaphysically interdependent entities.
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