Menon, Tushar
(2023)
Dynamical Substantivalism.
[Preprint]
Abstract
This paper outlines and motivates a view in the metaphysics of spacetime: dynamical substantivalism. Dynamical substantivalism results from treating as orthogonal two often conflated questions. First, the question of whether there are immaterial spacetime points. Second, the question of what grounds spatiotemporal structure. Dynamical substantivalism sides with the substantivalist on the former question, and with the dynamical theorist on the latter. This paper (i) offers a diagnosis of the widespread conflation of these two questions and (ii) argues that dynamical substantivalism should be treated as a serious contender in the metaphysics of space and time.
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