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    Challenges→Extended material simples are possible.

    Therefore, an entity occupying an extended region without having proper parts violates the principle that spatial distinctness grounds material distinctness, making extended simples incoherent rather than merely impossible.

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    Extended region(as used in philosophy of space and physics)
    Space that takes up area or volume; something that spreads out over multiple locations rather than existing in just one point.
    Incoherent(describing whether moral responsibility can exist)
    Logically impossible or contradictory; something that cannot make sense or cannot exist at the same time as something else.
    Principle that spatial distinctness grounds material distinctness(as used in metaphysics and ontology)
    The idea that if two things occupy different locations in space, that difference in location is what makes them separate, distinct objects.
    entity(as used in metaphysics)
    Any individual thing or being that exists—could be a person, object, or anything else that is one distinct thing.
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    (Entities that occupy a region of space yet are mereologically simple)
    Objects or regions that have spatial extension but no proper parts
    proper parts(Used in the formulation of mereological principles about identity and composition.)
    Parts of an entity that are not identical to the entity itself; strict sub-components.

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