1. The Fabric of Reality and its Continuum In this article, I will use the terms continuum, physical continuum, dimensional continuum or even extensive continuum, to refer to the reciprocal order of things and bodies ingrained in the material substrate in which they exist and move.[1] This continuum is the invisible substrate we should think of as the arena (or…
This article is the continuation of the previous one – Space and Place: A Scientific History – Part One -, an inquiry into the concepts of space and place analysed through the scientific perspective of Julian Barbour’s book The Discovery of Dynamics. Now, the scope is to cover the temporal gap from the moment where Barbour left his work (the…