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Homologous categories

Domains such as time and space which appear to share certain structural properties and can thus exhibit conceptual alternativity. For instance, both space and time can be conceived in terms of quantity. For example, in response to the following question How far is London from Brighton? one could answer either Fifty miles (space) or About an hour (time).

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