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Single Idea 14924

[from 'Every Thing Must Go' by J Ladyman / D Ross, in 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time ]

Full Idea

It is fair to ask: if spacetime is a substance, what is the substance in question?

Gist of Idea

If spacetime is substantial, what is the substance?

Source

J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.2)

Book Reference

Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.142


A Reaction

Personally I love the question 'If it exists, what is it made of?', though physicists seem to think that this reveals a gormless misunderstanding. To my question Keith Hossack retorted 'What are the atoms made of?'

Related Idea

Idea 14937 That the universe must be 'made of' something is just obsolete physics [Ladyman/Ross]