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Full Idea
More than one trope can occupy the same place at the same time, and a trope occupies a place without having parts which occupy parts of the place.
Gist of Idea
Tropes can overlap, and shouldn't be splittable into parts
Source
Alex Oliver (The Metaphysics of Properties [1996], §12)
Book Ref
-: 'Mind' [-], p.36
A Reaction
This is the general question of the size of a spatial trope, or 'how many red tropes in a tin of red paint?'