Full Idea
The problem of the relational view of space is especially acute in the context of physical theories that take the notion of a field seriously, e.g. classical electromagnetic theory.
Gist of Idea
Relational space is problematic if you take the idea of a field seriously
Source
Hartry Field (Science without Numbers [1980], 4)
Book Reference
Field,Hartry: 'Science without Number' [Blackwell 1980], p.35
A Reaction
In the Leibniz-Clarke debate I sided with the Newtonian Clarke (defending absolute space), and it looks like modern science agrees with me. Nothing exists purely as relations.