Single Idea 17305

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature]

Full Idea

I myself would prefer to speak of what is fundamental in terms of the whole spatiotemporal manifold and the fields that permeate it, with parts counting as derivative of the whole.

Gist of Idea

I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields

Source

Jonathan Schaffer (Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity [2012], 4.1.1)

Book Reference

'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.123


A Reaction

Not quite the Parmenidean One, since it has parts, but a nice try at updating the great man. Note the reference to 'fields', suggesting that this view is grounded in the physics rather than metaphysics. How many fields has it got?