Elementary Particles: What are they? Substances, elements and primary matter

TL;DR

This paper explores the philosophical and conceptual understanding of elementary particles and their quantum fields, questioning their nature beyond the standard scientific framework.

Contribution

It offers a philosophical perspective on the nature and status of elementary particles and quantum fields, beyond conventional quantum field theory.

Findings

Provides a philosophical interpretation of elementary particles.

Questions the ontological status of quantum fields.

Highlights the conceptual challenges in understanding quantum reality.

Abstract

The most successful "Standard Model" allows one to define the so-called "Elementary Particles". Now from another point of view, philosophical, how can we think of them? Which kind of a status can be attributed to Elementary Particles and their associated quantised fields? Beyond the unprecedented efficiency and reach of quantum field theories the current paper attempts at understanding the nature of what we talk about, the enigmatic reality of the quantum world.