Thus if matter is looked on as substance in space, the space in which it finds itself has very little to do with the space of our experience.
The above argument has been expressed in terms of the relational theory of space.

But if space be absolute--namely, if it have a being independent of things in it--the course of the argument is hardly changed.

For things in space must have a certain fundamental relation to space which we will call occupation.

Thus the objection that it is the attributes which are observed as related to space, still holds.
The scientific doctrine of matter is held in conjunction with an absolute theory of time.

The same arguments apply to the relations between matter and time as apply to the relations between space and matter.