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    Supports→When there are no intervening material objects between two spatial locations, we must postulate a series of intervening spatial entities to explain comparative distance judgements such as 'A is nearer to D than to F'.

    The required intervening entities must be spatial in nature.

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    Potter (1977: 92) refines the argument. We say that A is nearer to D than to F because there are more intervening objects between A and F than there are between A and D. Suppose however that between D and F there is no chain of material objects. How is it that we can still say “A is nearer to D than to F”? Potter answers: “In order to provide the material to explain this comparative judgement we must postulate an intervening series of entities, and these must be spatial”. Note that this explains

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