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    Two tropes that are both parts of the same spacetime point do not interpenetrate

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    • 1.Tropes are parts of spacetime points and regions
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    • 2.Tropes do not have exact locations
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    • 3.Interpenetration requires exact co-location
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    • 1.Tropes, as particular property instances, are individuated by their qualitative character, not merely by their spatial location.
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    • 2.Two distinct tropes sharing a spacetime point (e.g., a charge-trope and a mass-trope) occupy that region with full qualitative presence, satisfying standard co-location criteria for interpenetration.
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    • 3.Therefore, mereological containment within a spacetime point does not dissolve but rather entails the interpenetration of co-located tropes.
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    • 1.On Campbell's trope theory, spacetime points are logical constructs from bundles of co-present tropes, not containers that tropes are literally 'parts of'.
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    • 2.If tropes ground spacetime regions rather than inhabit them as parts, the supporting argument's P1 presupposes a relational structure that trope bundle theory explicitly rejects, undermining the claim's foundational premise.
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    On this view, tropes are parts of spacetime points and regions but they do not have exact locations. Hence, even if two tropes are both parts of the same spacetime point, they do not interpenetrate, in our sense.
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