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Full Idea
Space lacks a place, and does not qualify as an individual, since the ordinary notion of individuals relates to place not space. ...But we can think of space as present in every place through the necessary connection between space and all places.
Gist of Idea
Space can't be an individual (in space), but it is present in all places
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 9.IV)
Book Ref
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.181
A Reaction
I'm not sure I understand it being present in every place, given that it is every place.
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| 5531 | Space is an a priori necessary basic intuition, as we cannot imagine its absence [Kant] |
| 16922 | Space must have three dimensions, because only three lines can meet at right angles [Kant] |
| 24096 | Unlike time, space is subjective. Empty space was assumed, but it doesn't exist [Nietzsche] |
| 6468 | There is 'private space', and there is also the 'space of perspectives' [Russell] |
| 7552 | Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space [Russell] |
| 15321 | Space can't be an individual (in space), but it is present in all places [Harré/Madden] |
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| 9922 | If space is really just a force-field, then it is a physical entity [Burgess/Rosen] |
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