The Grammar of “Where”

Diagnose why a bare coordinate such as “(10,20)” is underdetermined.

Distinguish absolute from relative position and local from global reference systems.

Classify a locating space as continuous or discrete and as primarily geometric, structural, hierarchical, relational, categorical, semantic, temporal, or computational.

Contrast Euclid’s geometric constructions, Descartes’s coordinate method, and Poincaré’s account of spatial convention.

Identify breakdowns in the location framework caused by fuzzy boundaries, changing objects, moving frames, or multiple simultaneous locations.