There is that. 

This is a gesture to immediate encounter. It gestures to space (there), time (is), and matter (that).

To gesture to the observed (there is that) is to reveal the observer (here is this).

I am this, here and now. 

Only matter exists. Space is understood from the relations of matter. Time is understood from the change in the relations of matter. 

Reality is the totality of matter in spatial and temporal relations.

Experience precedes knowledge; but knowledge precedes knowing that existence precedes experience.

If there is “this” and “this” (two objects), then there are “these”. With “these” there are “those”. And from this, all categories arise. 

For Aristotle, primary substances are “this x”. But already, in this phrase, is included the secondary substance of “x”. It is tautological to say, “this human is a human”. Aristotle avoided expressing this because he was aware of its tension. But this situation can be said logically. “This is a human”, is an adequate and coherent expression. He avoided the demonstrative. “There are things. And this is a human.” It can be said. And I am not afraid to say it. But Aristotle was. “This x” therefore “x”. Aristotle chose “x”. “This x” therefore “this”. I choose “this”.

Truth is not only the correspondence of language to reality (the totality of matter in spatial and temporal relations), but also correspondences of experience, knowledge, and action to reality.

What exists? Only matter exists. How do we know? We know through encounter, not category. How should we live? We must live in fidelity with reality, not only in what we say, but also in what we do, and in how we choose to experience and know. 

This is an outline of a philosophy of pure relational materialism.