What Is the Substance of Space and Its Role in Our Perception?

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The discussion centers on the nature of space and its relationship to mass and perception. It posits that all sensory experiences, whether direct or through instruments, require mass to trigger reactions that lead to thought. Space is debated as either a relational concept between objects or a substance in its own right, with spatiomaterialism suggesting that space possesses both essential and existential properties of substance. The conversation also touches on the idea that space's properties, such as bending and limiting speed, imply it has its own substance. Ultimately, the role of gravity is highlighted as an integral part of the space concept.
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What is this thing we call space?

All things that we sense with our fives senses have the property mass. Why? Because, objective mass is necessary to cause the chain of action and reaction from environment to sense to thought.

All things we sense only with instruments have the property mass. Why? Because, obejective mass is necessary to cause the chain of action and reaction from environment to instrument to sense to thought.

All things that come to the mind must come first through the five senses.

So, what is space?
 
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Its the relation of some stuff to other stuff. Or is it stuff in its own right?
 
mee said:
Its the relation of some stuff to other stuff. Or is it stuff in its own right?

Spatiomaterialism assumes that space is a substance by our definition, for it assumes that each part of space has both the essential and the existential aspects of the nature of substance as substance. The parts of space are all the locations in a single, three dimensional space.
 
You posted this already in TD. Its still wrong (and it belongs there, not here).
 
Rader said:
Spatiomaterialism assumes that space is a substance by our definition, for it assumes that each part of space has both the essential and the existential aspects of the nature of substance as substance. The parts of space are all the locations in a single, three dimensional space.
I would think that since space has the property of bending and limiting speed, then it has a substance of its own. Property=substance.
 
Mike2 said:
I would think that since space has the property of bending and limiting speed, then it has a substance of its own. Property=substance.

Gravity does that but then gravity is part of space.
 
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