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Space as it is conceived, as opposed to space that is directly perceived. For example, the conception of a space based on a map or description.
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Although there is an epistemology to the study of Firstspace, it is in Secondspace that epistemological discourse receives the greatest attention. In the long history of geographic thought, Secondspace approaches have been turned to most often when mainstream Firstspace approaches have become too rigidly materialist and "scientistic," as with the various critiques that emerged in response to the epistemological closures of positivist human geography.
Thus, “Wall Street” refers both to the street and to the businesses; metaphorically (and metaphor operates as a type of Secondspace) the name of the street has come to mean the type of investment activity.
The danger of Secondspace is that taken on its own it might be seen as a complete survey of spatial practices and representations; however, it is neither complete nor closed off.