In this thesis I explore the evidence for whether gravity is an emergent phenomenon. I provide a review of black hole thermodynamics and
demonstrate how it provides evidence that gravity is an emergent phe-
nomenon. In addition I provide a review of Jacobson's calculation which
shows how the Einstein eld equations can be interpreted as a thermo-
dynamic equation of state. I then use Jacobson's work and the Seiberg-
Witten map to derive a new gravitational equation of state which shows
what gravity on a non-commutative manifold would look like.
