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In this paper we investigate the history of relationalism and its present usein some interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the first part of this articlewe will provide a conceptual analysis of the relation between substantivalism,relationalism and relativism in the history of both physics and philosophy. Inthe second part, we will address some relational interpretations of quantummechanics, namely, Bohr's relational approach, the modal interpretation byKochen, the perspectival modal version by Bene and Dieks and the relationalinterpretation by Rovelli. We will argue that all these interpretations groundtheir understanding of relations in epistemological terms. By taking intoaccount the analysis on the first part of our work, we intend to highlight thefact that there is a different possibility for understanding quantum mechanicsin relational terms which has not been yet considered within the foundationalliterature. This possibility is to consider relations in (non-relativist)ontological terms. We will argue that such an understanding might be capable ofproviding a novel approach to the problem of representing what quantummechanics is really talking about.

Epistemological vs. Ontological Relationalism in Quantum Mechanics: Relativism or Realism?