Relational theory

…:This article is about relational theory in physics and philosophy. There is a separate article about the relational model and Relational Philosophy as a category of Philosophical anthropologyIn physics and philosophy, a relational theory is a framework to understand reality or a physical system in such a way that the position and other properties of the objects are only meaningful relative to other objects. In a relational theory, space does not exist unless there are objects in it. The relational view proposes that space is contained in objects and that an object represents within it self relationships to other objects. Space can be defined through the relations among the objects that it contains considering their variations through time. The alternative is an absolute theory in which the space exists independently of any objects that can be immersed in it.
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