Single Idea 4228

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space]

Full Idea

If space does not exist at all, but is only relations between objects, what could one possibly mean by saying that there is a place which is unoccupied by any material object? And what determines whether space is bounded?

Gist of Idea

If space is entirely relational, what makes a boundary, or a place unoccupied by physical objects?

Source

E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.264)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'A Survey of Metaphysics' [OUP 2002], p.264


A Reaction

Correct. People who assert that space is only relational have been misled by what we can know about space, not what it is.