Full Idea
Spatial distribution properties say how things are across a region of space, such as being polka-dotted.
Gist of Idea
Being polka-dotted is a 'spatial distribution' property
Source
Ross P. Cameron (Truthmaking for Presentists [2011], 3)
Book Reference
'Oxford Studies in Metaphysics Vol.6', ed/tr. Zimmerman,D/Bennett,K [OUP 2011], p.64
A Reaction
I think the routine fallacy of inferring properties from predicates is buried here. We truthfully describe it as 'polka-dotted', but that doesn't mean we must reify polka-dottedness, and see it as a feature of the world. What is a 'jumbled' space?
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