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Cover -- The Foundation Of Reality: Fundamentality, Space, And Time -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Contributors -- Introduction -- I.1 Concepts Of Fundamentality And Emergence -- I.1.1 Fundamentality And Emergence In Metaphysics -- I.1.2 Fundamentality And Emergence In The Philosophy Of Physics -- I.2 Substantivalism And Relationalism -- I.3 Quantum Theory And Spacetime Non-fundamentality -- I.3.1 Wavefunction Realism -- I.3.2 Super-humeanism -- I.4 Quantum Gravity And Emergent Spacetime -- I.4.1 Some Approaches To Quantum Gravity I.1.2 Problems Of Emergent Spacetime -- Acknowledgement -- Section 1: The Metaphysics Of Fundamentality -- 1: Fundamentality And Non-symmetric Relations -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Converse Relations -- 1.2.1 Relational Properties -- 1.2.2 Converses: Strict And Loose -- 1.3 Fundamental Symmetric Relations -- 1.3.1 Fundamental Theorising -- 1.4 Derivative Non-symmetric Relations -- 1.4.1 Asymmetric Structures -- 1.4.2 Internal Relations -- 1.4.3 Absolutism V. Comparativism -- 1.5 Identity Criteria For Derivative Relations -- 1.5.1 Individuating Fundamental Relations 1.5.2 Relational Expressions And Conventions -- 1.5.3 Reflecting Differences V. Inducing Order -- 1.5.4 Symmetric Instantiations -- 1.5.5 Cross-relation Comparisons -- 1.6 Generative Operations -- 1.6.1 Causation As A Generative Operation -- 1.6.2 Grounding As A Generative Operation -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 2: Classifying Dependencies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Causation And Grounding -- 2.3 Against The Distinctness Criterion -- 2.4 Against The Fundamentality Criterion -- 2.5 Against The Categorial Criterion -- 2.6 Against The Temporal Criterion -- 2.7 Against The Intervention Criterion 2.8 Against The Modal Criterion -- 2.9 A Mediation Demarcation Criterion -- 2.10 Implications For Simultaneous Causation -- 2.11 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 3: Ontic Structuralism And Fundamentality -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Grounding, Ontological Dependence, Etc. -- 3.3 Ontic Structural (real)ism -- 3.4 Structuralist Ontologies For Contemporary Physical Theories -- 3.5 Structures, Objects, And Fundamentalia In Physics:an Assessment -- 3.6 Metaphysical Coherentism? -- 3.7 Conclusions -- 4: Fundamental And Derived Quantities -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Fundamental Properties And Laws 4.3 Systems Of Units And The Distinction Of Quantities Into Base And Derived Quantities -- 4.4 Problems With Taking The Base Quantities To Be Fundamental Properties -- 4.5 Natural Units And Universal Constants -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5: Privileged-perspective Realism In The Quantum Multiverse -- 5.1 Metaphysics And Perspectival Facts -- 5.2 The Argument From Special Relativity Against Ppr About Tensed Facts -- 5.3 The Metaphysics Of Quantum Mechanics -- 5.3.1 The Copenhagen Interpretation And Ppr -- 5.3.2 The Everett Interpretation: Neutrality And The Multiverse Edited By David Glick, George Darby, And Anna Marmodoro. 5.3.2.1 The Objection From Ockham's Razor Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.