Abstract:One of the main goals of region-based theories of space is to formulate a geometrically appealing definition of points. The most famous definition of this kind is probably due to Whitehead (1929). However, to conclude that the objects defined are points indeed, one should show that they are points of a geometrical or a topological space. So far, this part of Whitehead's theory was missing: no spaces of Whitehead points have ever been constructed. This paper intends to fill this gap via demonstration of how the… Show more
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