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    Challenges→There must exist a geometric structure field — the inertial structure of spacetime — in addition to the differential topological structure, which provides the standard of zero 4-acceleration.

    A structuralist ontology (Ladyman, French) permits inertial standards to be grounded in relational structure alone, without committing to a field as a primitive object in the ontology.

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    Grounded in / Grounding(as used in metaphysics)
    To have something serve as the fundamental reason or explanation for why something else exists or is true—like how 'being wet' is grounded in 'having water on you.'
    Inertial standards(as used in philosophy of physics)
    Reference frames or perspectives used in physics to describe motion; an inertial frame is one where objects at rest stay at rest unless pushed (relates to Newton's first law).
    Ladyman, French(as referenced philosophers)
    Contemporary philosophers (James Ladyman and Steven French) who developed and defend structural realism as an explanation for how physics works.
    Ontology(Carnap argues this enterprise is based on a mistake)
    The philosophical discipline that tries to answer hard questions about what there really is.

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    Primitive object(as used in metaphysics)
    Something you accept as a basic building block of reality that doesn't need to be explained by or reduced to anything simpler.
    Structuralist ontology(as used in metaphysics)
    A philosophical view that says what matters most about reality isn't the individual objects themselves, but rather the relationships and patterns between them.
    relational structure(metaphysics)
    A system of connections and relationships between different things, rather than things existing completely independently.

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