ABSTRACT
This chapter considers classical electrodynamics, which is the first relativistic theory, arguing that fields are part of the dynamical structure of this theory instead of new elements of the ontology. The availability of the ontology highlights the importance to distinguish between what individuates the particles and what concerns the dynamical structure that captures their motion. The chapter discusses an alternative theory of classical electrodynamics that works with direct particle interactions. Since the advent of classical electrodynamics, the field concept has conquered modern physics, which today is to a large extent field theory. The existence of free fields is voiced as an objection against the viability of a pure particle ontology for classical electrodynamics. The chapter shows how Super-Humeanism combined with the minimalist ontology is a valid option for general relativistic physics. By way of consequence, in contrast to relativity physics, the wave function correlates the motion of spatially distant particles. The chapter provides the relationship between quantum entanglement and relativity.
