Space is a semi-real entity, neither fully physical nor psychical
Evidence
Substance being a real physical entity, – perceptions real psychical entities, – matter, form, quantity, and so on, so many fictitious entities, both descriptions being in part applicable to space, neither of them applicable entirely, – space may be regarded and spoken of as a semi-real entity. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 474
Categorization
- DEFINE: Bentham’s three-tier ontology — real physical, real psychical, fictitious — with space occupying a precise middle position, is the key conceptual framework of the chapter.
- XREF: connects to: Time depends on space, itself a fictitious entity, for any meaning — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 422; Space adds nothing to being but is continuously spatialized through the For-itself’s ekstatic temporalization — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 590; Space is the mere possibility of separation, not a set of positive points. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 263
Related
- Time depends on space, itself a fictitious entity, for any meaning (similarity 0.88)
- Space is the mere possibility of separation, not a set of positive points. (similarity 0.85)
- Space adds nothing to being but is continuously spatialized through the For-itself’s ekstatic temporalization (similarity 0.80)
- Every fictitious entity must be discussed as if it were real (similarity 0.78)
- Space is the nothingness of relation seized by a being that relates (similarity 0.78)