La mecánica cuántica y la conceptualidad: materia, historias, semántica y espacio-tiempo

Relativity Theory Refounded

“…We have indeed focused ourselves on the identification of a reality based on the intrinsic (proper) elements which can be identified in relativity theory. This is methodologically equivalent to how we have contributed in the past to the elaboration of an operational-realistic approach to quantum theory (Aerts 1982, 1983) and our more recent contextuality interpretation and explanation of quantum theory proceeds also along this method rationale (Aerts 2009, 2010a, b, 2013, 2014). Also, the new foundation of relativity theory we have presented here can be considered as being part of our general endaveour of building realistic interpretations, and since we use explicitly the analogy of the World-Wide Web one might think of the non temporal and non spatial deep reality to be conceptual in nature.…”

“…In this sense we wonder whether our view on relativity theory and more generally our contextuality interpretation could explain why our universe consists predominantly of matter with little presence of anti-matter while on the level of fundamental quantum theory matter and anti-matter are symmetric in their presence. That the view we expressed here on relativity theory can be seen as a part of our contextuality interpretation (Aerts 2009, 2010a, b, 2013, 2014) means that we consider the fundamental interaction on the quantum level as being of a conceptual nature, i.e. quantum particles are conceptual entities that mediate by means of a proto-language between pieces of matter.…”

“…How better to provide such proof than by giving a simple example that enables us to directly see and understand what could be the relevance of such hypothesis for our physical reality? The example is inspired by our ‘conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics’ (Aerts 2009, 2010a, b, 2013, 2014), although this does not mean a priori that it is also an argument in favor of this interpretation. Here, we only want to show how the view on relativity theory—and hence also on quantum mechanics with non spatiality and non temporality—that we put forward can be true, and what are some of its immediate consequences.…”

“…Aerts (2013) studied in detail the way in which the words ‘and’, i.e. the ‘conjunction’ and ‘or’, i.e.…”

“…that we can understand its meaning within our view on relativity theory. We will also make explicit use of knowledge about the nature of reality derived from quantum theory in general and also from our conceptual interpretation of it (Aerts 2009, 2010a, b, 2013, 2014). As we shall see, it is in a conversation with relativity theory as it is usually perceived, taking into account insights from quantum theory and also being open to intuitions beyond, which allows us to put forward a new view of the physical reality described by relativity theory, giving rise to a possible understanding of the deep conceptual problems of interpreting the nature of this physical reality.…”