Tropes individuated solely by spatiotemporal location collapse into bare particulars, eliminating the qualitative character they were posited to explain, as Armstrong argues against the trope theorist.

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Armstrong: # Armstrong Armstrong most commonly refers to **Neil Armstrong** (1930-2012), an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first human to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. He is remembered as a pioneering explorer whose famous words—"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"—marked humanity's first footsteps on another celestial body. Armstrong's achievement remains one of the most significant moments in human history and symbolizes the height of space exploration and scientific achievement.
Bare particulars(what exists before conceptual thinking shapes our experience): Individual, specific things as they appear in pure sensation—before your mind adds any labels, categories, or interpretations (like the raw experience of seeing a shape before you think 'that's a dog').
Spatiotemporal location(metaphysics): The specific place in space and moment in time where something exists—like "on the kitchen table on Tuesday at 3pm."
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