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Incongruent Counterparts and the Reality of Space
Author(s) -
Nerlich Graham
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2009.00212.x
Subject(s) - excursion , space (punctuation) , basis (linear algebra) , spatial relation , visual space , mathematics , psychology , pure mathematics , cognitive psychology , epistemology , philosophy , geometry , linguistics , perception , political science , law
Left and right hands are incongruent counterparts. Yet each replicates the intrinsic properties of the other. This suggests that differing relations to space make the difference. Kant's and Weyl's discussions of the problem are critically discussed. It emerges that spatial relationism fails to explain how its relations may be interpreted. An excursion into visual geometry explains the basis of handedness in the orientable structure of space.