TFNR - Paper Contents

Contents

1. Introduction
2. A first look
3. Reality? Universe?
4. The Fundamental Nature of Reality
5. What exists? What happens? How happens?
6. The Process of Formation of Physical Reality
7. The Source of Reality or Primary Source: the Fundamental Force and the Elementary Field
8. Action: the Creation of Existence
9. Information: the Evolution of Essence / Form
10. The Structures of Information
11. The Forms and the Universe
12. Conclusions: a look into the future

Paper Abstract

• Paper Abstract - (T)

1. Introduction

• 1. Introduction - (T)
• 1.1 The Research Project - (T) - (S)
• 1.2 The main questions about Physical Reality - (T) - (S)
• 1.3 Crisis? What Crisis? - (T) - (S)
• 1.4 Very important hypotheses about Reality - (T) - (S)
• 1.5 The global vision - (T) - (S)
• 1.6 How our world works… a new System of Knowledge - (T) - (S)
• 1.7 Reality and Knowledge - (T) - (S)
• 1.8 A new framework: Evolutionary Physics as part of Evolutionary Knowledge - (T) - (S)
• 1.9 Terminological conventions - (T) - (S)
• 1.10 In summary: some fundamental terms - (T)

2. A first look

• 2. A first look - (T)
• 2.1 Knowledge - (T)
• 2.2 Reality - (T)
• 2.3 Microcosm - Physics - (T)
• 2.4 Macrocosm - Cosmology - (T)

3. Reality? Universe?

• 3. Reality? Universe? - (T)
• 3.1 Reality - Existence - Essence (Form) – The Process of Formation (Creation and Evolution) - (T) - (S)
• 3.2 Reality is a Process - (T) - (S)
• 3.3 A landscape a bit confused - (T) - (S)
• 3.4 Looking at the world - The mark of the Source: the Force in Action - (T) - (S)
• 3.5 Why there is something rather than nothing - (T) - (S)
• 3.6 What exists? - (T) - (S)
• 3.7 What exists is what happens. What happens is what exists. Entities and Events - (T) - (S)
• 3.8 What we see in the world, what is really fundamental? - (T) - (S)
• 3.9 Creation "and" Evolution: two complementary aspects of Formation - (T) - (S)
• 3.10 Action and Information: the core of Reality - (T) - (S)
• 3.11 Existence and Essence - (T) - (S)
• 3.12 Nothing is absolute, everything is relative and evolves - (T) - (S)
• 3.13 Why the term "formation" is so central in this system of knowledge - (T) - (S)
• 3.14 The world in the terms of complex interactions of elementary (sub) processes: the construction of Reality - (T) - (S)
• 3.15 Reverse engineering of Reality: a case study - (T) - (S)
• 3.16 A recipe for cooking Reality - (T)
• 3.17 A box full of nothing - (T)

4. The Fundamental Nature of Reality

• 4. The Fundamental Nature of Reality - (T)
• 4.1 The Origin of Reality - (T)
• 4.2 The Properties of Reality - (T)
• 4.3 The Aspects of Reality - (T)
• 4.4 The Dimensionalities / Dimensions of Reality - (T)
  • 4.4.1 Causality / Cause - (T)
  • 4.4.2 Variationality / Variation - (T)
    • 4.4.2.1 Spatiality / Space - (T)
    • 4.4.2.2 Temporality / Time - (T)
  • 4.4.3 The causal evolution of Reality - (T)
    • 4.4.3.1 The main causal chain of Reality - (T)
  • 4.4.4 The variational (spatial and temporal) evolution of Reality - (T)
• 4.5 The Levels of Reality - (T)
• 4.6 The Scales of Reality - (T)
• 4.7 The Principle of Reality - (T) - (S)
• 4.8 The Principles of Reality - (T) - (S)
• 4.9 Simplicity, elegance and naturalness - (T) - (S)

5. What exists? What happens? How happens?

• 5. What exists? What happens? How happens? - (T)
• 5.1 Ontology, Phenomenology and Dynamics - (T)
  • 5.1.1 Ontology: Entities - (T)
  • 5.1.2 Phenomenology: Events and Relations - (T)
  • 5.1.3 Dynamics: Processes - (T)
• 5.2 Entities - (T)
  • 5.2.1 Sources - (T)
  • 5.2.2 Agents / Forces - (T)
  • 5.2.3 Acted / Fields - (T)
  • 5.2.4 Sources and Agency - (T)
• 5.3 Events - (T)
  • 5.3.1 Elementary Events - (T)
  • 5.3.2 Complex Events - (T)
  • 5.3.3 From Events to Action: the dynamics of Creation - (T)
• 5.4 Relations - (T)
  • 5.4.1 Elementary Relations - (T)
  • 5.4.2 Complex Relations - (T)
  • 5.4.3 From Relation to Information: the dynamics of Evolution - (T)
  • 5.4.4 Properties and Phenomena - (T)
• 5.5 Processes - (T)
  • 5.5.1 Anabolic / constructive-organizing processes - (T)
  • 5.5.2 Catabolic / destructive-transforming processes - (T)
  • 5.5.3 Mixed / real processes - (T)
  • 5.5.4 The Process of Formation of Reality - (T)
  • 5.5.5 The formative sub-processes: Creation "and" Evolution - (T)
  • 5.5.6 Derived processes - (T)
  • 5.5.7 The Dynamics of Reality - (T)

6. The Process of Formation of Physical Reality

• 6. The Process of Formation of Physical Reality - (T)
• 6.1 Creation and Evolution in the physical world - (T)
  • 6.1.1 Creation (the Dynamics of Physical Action) - (T)
  • 6.1.2 Evolution (the Dynamics of Physical Information) - (T)
• 6.2 Meaning, Structure, Operators and Products of the Process of Formation - (T)
  • 6.2.1 The Causal Formation of Reality: agents of Formation towards complexity - (T)
  • 6.2.2 The Variational Formation of Reality: products of Formation in terms of inhomogeneity - (T)
• 6.3 The Dynamics of Physical Reality - (T)

7. The Source of Reality or Primary Source: the Fundamental Force and the Elementary Field

• 7. The Source of Reality or Primary Source: the Fundamental Force and the Elementary Field - (T)
• 7.1 The Fundamental Force: the fundamental causal agent - (T)
• 7.2 The Elementary Field: the unitary variational acted - (T)
• 7.3 The Dynamics of the Source - (T)
• 7.4 Agency - (T)
  • 7.4.1 Agency and Causality - (T)
  • 7.4.2 Agency and Variationality - (T)
• 7.5 Derived Sources - (T)
  • 7.5.1 Derived Agents / Forces - (T)
    • 7.5.1.1 Operational Agents (Operators of Reality) - (T)
    • 7.5.1.2 Quantum Agents - (T)
    • 7.5.1.3 Deterministic Agents - (T)
    • 7.5.1.4 Finalistic Agents - (T)
  • 7.5.2 Derived Acted / Fields - (T)

8. Action: the Creation of Existence

• 8. Action: the Creation of Existence - (T)
• 8.1 Action: the product of the Dynamics of the Source - (T)
• 8.2 The Dynamics of Action and its Modes / Components - (T)
  • 8.2.1 Variation - (T)
  • 8.2.2 Propagation - (T)
  • 8.2.3 Conservation - (T)
• 8.3 The Cycle of Action: effects that become causes - (T)
• 8.4 Physical Action - (T)
• 8.5 The Dynamics of Physical Action - (T)
  • 8.5.1 Elementary Action - (T) - (S)
  • 8.5.2 The Dynamics of Elementary Action and its Modes / Components - (T)
    • 8.5.2.1 Perturbation - Gradient - (T)
    • 8.5.2.2 Translation - Divergence - (T)
    • 8.5.2.3 Rotation - Curl - (T)
  • 8.5.3 The Fundamental Principles of the Dynamics of Elementary Action - (T)
    • 8.5.3.1 The Principle of Uncertainty - (T)
    • 8.5.3.2 The Principle of Action and Reaction - (T)
    • 8.5.3.3 The Principle of Minimum Action - (T)
    • 8.5.3.4 Other Principles of Evolutionary Dynamics - (T)
    • 8.5.3.5 The Principle of General Equivalence - (T)
    • 8.5.3.6 Other Physical Principles - (T)
  • 8.5.4 Derived Action - (T)
  • 8.5.5 Fundamental Physical Quantities - (T)
  • 8.5.6 Fundamental Constants of Nature - (T)

9. Information: the Evolution of Essence / Form

• 9. Information: the Evolution of Essence / Form - (T)
• 9.1 Information: the product of the Dynamics of Action - (T)
• 9.2 Relation / Correlation and Information / Energy - (T)
• 9.3 The Dynamics of Information: Evolution toward Complexity - (T)
  • 9.3.1 Chaos / order (im)balance: entropy and negentropy / enthalpy - (T)
  • 9.3.2 Complexity - (T)
  • 9.3.3 The role of emergence in the construction of Reality - (T)
  • 9.3.4 The Cycle of Information - (T)
    • 9.3.4.1 Organization - (T)
    • 9.3.4.2 Transformation - (T)
    • 9.3.4.3 Selection - (T)
• 9.4 Physical Information - (T)
• 9.5 The Dynamics of Physical Information - (T)
• 9.6 States: snapshots of the world in motion - (T)
  • 9.6.1 The states of the Elementary Field - (T)
  • 9.6.2 States of Derived Physical Fields - (T)
• 9.7 Elementary Information: Energy - (T)
  • 9.7.1 Elementary Energy: energy in the unstructured Field - (T)
  • 9.7.2 Complex Energy: energy in the structured Field - (T)
    • 9.7.2.1 Forms of Energy - (T)
    • 9.7.2.2 Energy of the Field: Potential Energy - (T)
    • 9.7.2.3 Energy of the Structures and Forms in the Field: Effective / Kinetic Energy - (T)
• 9.8 Complex Information - (T)
  • 9.8.1 Quantum Information - (T)
  • 9.8.2 Classical Information - (T)

10. The Structures of Information

• 10. The Structures of Information - (T)
• 10.1 An "extreme" example about the Structures of Information - (T)
• 10.2 Classification of Physical Structures of Information: dark and visible, energy and matter structures - (T)
  • 10.2.1 Waves - (T)
  • 10.2.2 Vortices - (T)
  • 10.2.3 Interactions - (T)
  • 10.2.4 Mixed structures – Complex Particles / Vortices and Interactions - (T)
• 10.3 The Process of Formation of the Dark and Visible Structures of Information - (T)
• 10.4 Properties of the Structures of Information - (T)
  • 10.4.1 Dualities in the world of the Structures of Information - (T)
    • 10.4.1.1 Continuity (or) and Discreetness / Granularity / Quantization - (T)
    • 10.4.1.2 Waves (or) and Particles / Vortices - (T)
    • 10.4.1.3 Quantum fields (or) and Particles - (T)
  • 10.4.2 Separability, individuation, internal distribution and locality - (T)
    • 10.4.2.1 Separability - (T)
    • 10.4.2.2 Individuation - (T)
    • 10.4.2.3 Internal distribution - (T)
    • 10.4.2.4 Locality - (T)
• 10.5 Dynamics of the Structures of Information - (T)
  • 10.5.1 Classical dynamics - (T)
  • 10.5.2 Quantum dynamics - (T)
  • 10.5.3 Evolutionary dynamics - (T)
    • 10.5.3.1 Locality / non-locality - (T)
    • 10.5.3.2 Entanglement - (T)
    • 10.5.3.3 Reasons for the locality / non-locality dispute - (T)
    • 10.5.3.4 A step forward into the magical world of quantum - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.1 Indetermination / Uncertainty - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.2 Quantum objects - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.3 Spacial and temporal physical form of quantum objects - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.4 Quantum properties - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.5 Quantum states - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.6 Conjugate or complementary quantum quantities / variables - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.7 Superposition - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.8 Probability of outcomes of observations vs compositional statistical representation of quantum states - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.9 Quantum measurement - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.10 Correlation of quantum states - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.11 Quantum decoherence - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.12 Connection between entangled quantum objects - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.13 Action at a distance - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.14 Wavefunctions and the physical meaning of Schrodinger equation - (T)
      • 10.5.3.4.15 Wavefunction collapse - (T)
• 10.6 Physical quantities and phenomena in the structured Field - (T)
  • 10.6.1 Space-time and metric phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.2 Mass and gravitational phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.3 Motion and kinetic phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.4 Charge and electric phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.5 Spin and magnetic phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.6 Complex physical quantities and phenomena - (T)
  • 10.6.7 Unification of the physical derived structured forces and fields - (T)
• 10.7 Energy and Matter in the structured Field - (T)
  • 10.7.1 Energy in the structured Field - (T)
    • 10.7.1.1 Dark Energy - (T)
    • 10.7.1.2 Ordinary Energy - (T)
      • 10.7.1.2.1 Radiant Energy: Gravitational and Electromagnetic Waves - (T)
  • 10.7.2 Matter - (T)
    • 10.7.2.1 Dark (invisible) Matter - (T)
      • 10.7.2.1.1 Halos / Vortices - (T)
    • 10.7.2.2 Ordinary (visible) Matter - (T)
      • 10.7.2.2.1 Particles / Vortices - (T)
      • 10.7.2.2.2 Matter and Antimatter - (T)
  • 10.7.3 Interactions between Matter and Radiant Energy - (T)
• 10.8 Observing Structures from absolute or relative perspectives - (T)
  • 10.8.1 A model of free electrons - (T)
  • 10.8.2 A model of electrons in atoms - (T)
  • 10.8.3 A model of photons / light electromagnetic waves - (T)
• 10.9 Some common physical phenomena in the structured Field - (T)
  • 10.9.1 Massive particle moving in space-time - (T)
  • 10.9.2 Charged particle in an electric field - (T)
  • 10.9.3 Charged particle in a magnetic field - (T)
  • 10.9.4 Massive particle emitting an electromagnetic wave propagating in space-time - (T)
  • 10.9.5 Massive particle interacting with a massive dark matter structure - (T)
  • 10.9.6 Cosmic intergalactic voids - (T)
• 10.10 Notes on some relevant experiments - (T)
  • 10.10.1 Double slit - (T)
  • 10.10.2 Stern-Gerlach - (T)

11. The Forms and the Universe

• 11. The Forms and the Universe - (T)
• 11.1 Forms - (T)
  • 11.1.1 Material forms - (T)
  • 11.1.2 Immaterial forms - (T)
  • 11.1.3 Physical aspects of Cognitive (living and automata) Forms - (T)
  • 11.1.4 Dynamics of the Forms - (T)
  • 11.1.5 States of Matter - (T)
• 11.2 Systems - (T)
  • 11.2.1 Physical Systems - (T)
    • 11.2.1.1 Atoms - (T)
    • 11.2.1.2 Molecules - (T)
    • 11.2.1.3 Substances - (T)
    • 11.2.1.4 Objects and Bodies - (T)
    • 11.2.1.5 Structures - (T)
  • 11.2.2 Dynamics of Physical Systems - (T)
  • 11.2.3 Physical aspects of the dynamics of Cognitive Systems and Ecosystems - (T)
• 11.3 Universe - (T)
  • 11.3.1 The Universe of the Forms: the cosmological and the biological visions - (T)
  • 11.3.2 Dynamics of the Cosmos and the Universe - (T)
    • 11.3.2.1 The Evolutionary Cosmological Model - (T)
    • 11.3.2.2 The origin and the evolution of the Universe - (T)
    • 11.3.2.3 Substances, objects, bodies and structures in the Cosmos - (T)
      • 11.3.2.3.1 Cosmic substances - (T)
      • 11.3.2.3.2 Cosmic objects and bodies - (T)
      • 11.3.2.3.3 Cosmic structures - (T)
  • 11.3.3 Biological evolutionary dynamics and the Dynamics of Living Beings - (T)
  • 11.3.4 A brief history of the Universe - (T)

12. Conclusions: a look into the future

• 12. Conclusions: a look into the future - (T)
• 12.1 About this work - (T)
• 12.2 A lot of work to do - (T)
• 12.3 Fundamental questions: Who are we? What are we? - (T)
• 12.4 Knowledge and Consciousness - (T)
• 12.5 And now? - (T)