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    It is not the case that The principle of sufficient reason thus fails to preclude identical individuals when individuation is grounded in absolute spatiotemporal position rather than intrinsic properties.

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    • 1.Spatiotemporal position itself requires explanation; bare location without intrinsic difference seems to lack genuine metaphysical grounding.
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    • 2.If two entities are intrinsically identical, positing them as distinct violates Leibniz's Law and intuitions about real metaphysical differences.
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    • 3.Absolute spatiotemporal position is controversial in relativity theory, undermining its reliability as a principle of individuation.
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    • 1.Spatiotemporal location is an objective, mind-independent feature that can differentiate entities even when intrinsic properties are identical.
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    • 2.The principle of sufficient reason requires reasons for distinctions, not that distinctions require intrinsic property differences.
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    • 3.Physics treats spatiotemporal coordinates as fundamental individuators in spacetime, independent of intrinsic property variance.
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