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Effect of Extra Dimensions and Parity Violation in Externalist vs Internalist debate of Incongruent Counterparts

⚛ (Paper for Metaphysics, PHIL 125... Bleh..! )      Discussion of whether the space is an absolute entity or a relative phenomenon due to other objects or matter is over a millennium old. One interesting argument weighing in on this problem is presented using the analysis of incongruent counterparts. As Kant argued, existence of identical mirror images of asymmetric objects such as left and right hands implies that the substantivalist viewpoint of space is correct. Relativists rejection of Kant’s argument has given rise to two different explanation of the phenomenon. First of these, internalism, argues that the handedness of objects is an intrinsic property. Externalists, on the other hand, claims that the differences only materialize when comparing two objects, and deny any intrinsic handedness[1, p12].  I will analyze two arguments related to the debate between internalism and externalism: namely, the affect of extra dimensions and fall of parity and whether they strengthen or weake