If phenomena are inseparable from construal, then even spacetime itself is not a pre-existing stage. Relational ontology reveals that space and time are emergent phenomena, intelligible only through the relational distinctions we impose on potentials.
Spacetime as Relational Ordering
“Before” and “after,” here and there—these notions are not intrinsic features of the universe. They are constraints applied to a network of potentials, allowing us to organise and navigate them. Duration, distance, and direction emerge from patterns of relational differentiation, not from a pre-existing temporal or spatial backdrop.
The Relational Fabric
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Objects and events are nodes in a network of potentialities, actualised through perspectival cuts.
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Spacetime is the pattern of relations between these nodes, not an independent arena.
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Temporal and spatial intuitions are tools of intelligibility, enabling a system to articulate relational potentials.
Implications for Cosmology
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The “early universe” is not a matter of events unfolding in pre-existing space.
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Expansion, evolution, and structure formation are emergent patterns of relational actualisation, intelligible only in the context of relational cuts.
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Physical laws and mathematical structures are metaphenomena, constraints that shape what becomes intelligible.
By understanding spacetime as a phenomenon, we see that the universe does not exist independently of relational meaning. It emerges, intelligibly, only through the act of construal itself.
In the next post, we will take this further: meaning itself becomes the ontological foundation, preceding and constituting the phenomena of spacetime and matter.
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