Abstract
We present a deductive theory of space-timewhich is realistic, objective, and relational. It isrealistic because it assumes the existence of physicalthings endowed with concrete properties. It is objective because it can be formulated without anyreference to knowing subjects or sensorial fields.Finally, it is relational because it assumes thatspace-time is not a thing, but a complex of relationsamong things. In this way, the original program ofLeibniz is consummated, in the sense that space isultimately an order of coexistents, and time is an orderof successives. In this context, we show that the metric and topological properties ofMinkowskian space-time are reduced to relationalproperties of concrete things. We also sketch how ourtheory can be extended to encompass a Riemannianspace-time.
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