The fallacy of simple location is the mistaken assertion that things have fixed locations in space and time abstracted from all other relations; in reality, locations are defined by relationships to other things, and when time is included, there is no simple location because all movement is relative.

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Whitehead Lecturer

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the fallacy of simple location is the assertion that things have fixed locations in space and time...in reality these locations are defined in terms of relationship to other things...there is no simple location

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A History of Philosophy | 63 Whitehead's "Science and Modern World"wheatoncollege
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:01:02 PM

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