Space


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1 Space, place, and bodies.
2 Space or extension as the essence of property of bodies, space, the receptacle, and becoming.
3 Place as the envelope or container of bodies, place as a part of space or as relative position in space, space as a measure of magnitude.
4 The dimensionality of space, the indeterminate dimensions of pure space or prime matter, coordinate systems, relation of time and space.
5 The exclusiveness of bodily occupation of space, impenetrability z.
6 Space, void, and motion.
7 Absolute and relative space, the role of space or place in local motion, the theory of proper places.
8 The issue of the void or vacuum.
9 The distinction between empty and filled space, the curvature of space.
10 The indispensability of void or vacuum for motion and division, the absence of void in indivisible atoms.
11 The denial of void or vacuum in favor of a plenum.
12 Space as a medium of physical action, the ether and action-at-a-distance, the phenomena of gravitation, radiation, and electricity.
13 Space, quantity, and relation.
14 The finitude or infinity of space, the continuity and divisibility of space, space as finite yet unbounded.
15 The relation of physical and mathematical space, sensible and ideal space.
16 Geometric space, its kinds and properties, spatial relationships and configurations.
17 The measurement of spaces, distances, and sizes, coordinate systems, trigonometry, the use of parallax.
18 The knowledge of space and figures.
19 Space as the divine sensorium and space as a transcendental form of intuition, the a priori foundations of geometry.
20 The controversy concerning innate and acquired space perception.
21 The perception of space, differences between visual, auditory, and tactual space, perspective and spatial illusions.
22 5. The mode of existence of geometric objects, their character as abstractions, their relation to intelligible matter.
23 The spiritual significance of place, space, position, and distance.


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