On the Possibility of Spacetime Emergence

This paper addresses the claim that spacetime cannot coherently be treated as emergent because all explanations presuppose spatiotemporal structure. A minimal account of explanation is developed in terms of distinguishable states, relations of dependence, and rules of transition. Within this framework, relational patterns can persist across ordered states, forming stable trajectories and coherent structure. As this organization is sustained, it supports higher-order regularities that admit geometric description. Spacetime is understood as the expression of this sustained relational organization rather than its foundation.