Full Idea
Contemporary physics takes very seriously the idea that spacetime itself is emergent from some more fundamental structure.
Gist of Idea
Spacetime may well be emergent, rather than basic
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 1.2.3)
Book Reference
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.23