The Deep Metaphysics of Space: An Alternative History and Ontology Beyond Substantivalism and Relationism

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A (Contrarian’s) Reappraisal of the History and Current State of the Ontology Debate in the Philosophy of Space....Pages 3-27
Newton’s Neoplatonic Ontology of Space: Substantivalism or Third-Way?....Pages 29-60
Leibniz’ Ontology of Space: Whither Relationism?....Pages 61-85
Motion, Matter, Monads, and Their “Forced” Relationship....Pages 87-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
From Property to Structure: Exploring Contemporary Third-Way Conceptions of the Ontology of Space....Pages 121-148
Newton’s Immobility Arguments and the Holism of Spatial Ontology....Pages 149-173
The ‘Space’ at the Intersection of Physics, Metaphysics, and Mathematics....Pages 175-207
The Multiple Paths Towards an Epistemic Structural Realist Spatial Ontology....Pages 209-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
A New Taxonomy Beyond Substantivalism and Relationism I: Early Modern Spatial Ontologies....Pages 245-273
A New Taxonomy Beyond Substantivalism and Relationism II: Some Philosophical Prehistory of Quantum Gravity....Pages 275-302
Epilogue: The Post-Seventeenth Century Evolution of the Standard Dichotomy....Pages 303-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-342