Spacetime structure has intrinsic ontological content; determining it requires frameworks aligned with reality's actual constitution, not merely instrumentally useful approximations.

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Constitution (philosophical sense)(in metaphysics): The relationship where one thing makes up or composes another—asking 'what is something made of?' rather than 'what caused it?'
Instrumental(philosophy of law): Serving as a tool or means to achieve something else, rather than being valuable in itself.
Intrinsic(describing the kind of continuities that ground identity): Something that belongs to or is part of something by its very nature, rather than coming from outside or being relational.
Ontological: "Ontological" refers to questions about what actually exists or is real. It's concerned with the fundamental nature of being—asking "What kinds of things are there?" rather than "How do we know about them?" For example, an ontological question might be whether numbers, ideas, or God actually exist as real things, or if they're just human inventions.

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