On the Nature of Reality
Frederico R. Pfrimer

TL;DR
This paper proposes a new axiomatic formulation and interpretation of quantum theory that aims to clarify its fundamental concepts, resolve paradoxes, and establish it as part of the final theory of physics, integrating reality and knowledge.
Contribution
It introduces an axiomatic reformulation of quantum theory with a novel interpretation, aiming to make its meaning explicit and address foundational paradoxes.
Findings
Quantum theory is a closed, potentially final, axiomatic theory.
The proposed formulation includes new elements that enhance understanding.
The interpretation links the theory's axioms to both reality and knowledge.
Abstract
What is the nature of reality? How should be an answer to this question? At this level, we are so deep that all our concepts are obscure. Quantum theory (QT) is at this level. The quest for interpreting it fails because the clarity of our actual fundamental concepts in ordinary language cannot match the precision of the theory's mathematical formalism. The interpretation of quantum mechanics should define and bring clarity to fundamental concepts; not simply rely over them. Quantum theory requires a new worldview, the one that will make it understandable. We discuss on the formulation and interpretation of closed, and final theories, in other words, completely axiomatic theories that define their own conceptual framework, and closed theories that cannot be made simpler. We claim that everything we can properly say about a theory follows from its interpretation, and that interpreting is…
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Taxonomy
TopicsQuantum Mechanics and Applications · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
