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Relationism, relationalism, philosophy: is an expression for the thesis that space is formed by the objects and their relations to each other. The assumption of an empty space is incoherent from this point of view. The counter-concept to relativism is substantivalism. See also space, space time.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Robert Stalnaker on Relationism - Dictionary of Arguments

I 82f
Relationism/relationalism/Stalnaker: to represent relationism in terms of the logical space, it must be assumed that the logical space itself is partially conventional.
>Logical space
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I 84
This means, we must assume that the localization function sometimes only conventionally differs and therefore actually represents the same possible world.
>Localization.
It is not conventional that the origin of the coordinate system can be chosen freely. - This is true for each coordinate system. It would be true even if an absolute theory of space were true.
>Coordinate system, >Absoluteness, >Absolute space, >Space, cf. >Substantivalism.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Stalnaker I
R. Stalnaker
Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003


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