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    The part-whole relation of the representation of space is... — Carmelics
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    The part-whole relation of the representation of space is distinct from the part-whole relation that obtains for concepts.

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    • 1.For concepts, parts of the intension can be represented independently of the whole concept.
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    • 2.For the representation of space, places (the 'parts') are obtained only by delimiting subsections of the one all-encompassing space, making the whole prior to the parts.
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    • 3.A relation in which the whole is prior to any part is structurally different from a relation in which parts can be represented independently of the whole.
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    • 1.Frege's analysis of number concepts shows that concepts like 'successor' and 'zero' generate an infinite structure where no concept-part can be fully individuated without implicit reference to the whole number series.
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    • 2.Husserl's third Logical Investigation demonstrates that 'dependent' (non-independent) conceptual parts require their containing wholes for their very possibility, mirroring the structure Kant attributes exclusively to space.
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    • 3.If conceptual part-whole relations can themselves exhibit the same dependence of parts on wholes that Kant identifies in spatial representation, the alleged structural distinctness collapses into a difference of degree rather than kind.
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    • 1.Conceptual mereology in Leibniz's monadology also exhibits whole-priority: monads derive their determinate properties only through their relational position in the pre-established whole.
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    • 2.If whole-priority is not unique to spatial representation but also appears in certain conceptual systems, then whole-priority alone cannot mark a categorical distinction between spatial and conceptual part-whole relations.
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    The suggestion here is roughly this: if the representation of space were a concept rather than an intuition, one ought to be able to construct it by placing its parts together. This seems to require that it is possible to represent the parts independently of representing the concept to be constructed. This is the case with other concepts: it is possible to represent any of the parts of the intension of <human>, such as <material being>, without ipso facto representing the whole conce
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    If conceptual part-whole relations can themselves exhibit the same dependence of...
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