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.