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This chapter argues that Chapter V of Institutions, “On Space”, is concerned mainly with the manner in which and process by which we represent spaceSpace and related notions, rather than (as is usually supposed) the dispute between relationalist and absolutist spatial metaphysics. Du Châtelet distinguishes several stages in the formation of the idea of space, of which the first is the representation of extensionExtension. I show that the idea of extension is thinner in content than that of spaceSpace, and argue that this makes the former idea especially suitable to illustrate the role of abstract representation in science.

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Extension and Space in Chapter V of Institutions de physique

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    2025年

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  • Katherine Dunlop

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This chapter argues that Chapter V of Institutions, “On Space”, is concerned mainly with the manner in which and process by which we represent spaceSpace and related notions, rather than (as is usually supposed) the dispute between relationalist and absolutist spatial metaphysics. Du Châtelet distinguishes several stages in the formation of the idea of space, of which the first is the representation of extensionExtension. I show that the idea of extension is thinner in content than that of spaceSpace, and argue that this makes the former idea especially suitable to illustrate the role of abstract representation in science.