Yes, that is where it all started, but there is ongoing development of the relational view. For example, in this essay Julian Barbour derives an expression for

Yes, that is where it all started, but there is ongoing development of the relational view. For example, in this essay Julian Barbour derives an expression for time in terms of positions: http://fqxi.org/data/essay-contest-files/Barbour_The_Nature_of_Time.pdf http://fqxi.org/data/essay-contest-files/Barbour_The_Nature_... And here is David Mermin's "Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics", otherwise known as the "Zero Worlds" hypothesis (to contrast to the more famous "Many Worlds"), because it is entirely relational: http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9801057 http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9801057 http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609013 http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609013 Mik