Vol. 53 No. 02 (2003): Volume 53 Number 02, June 2003
Articles

The quantum mechanical foundations of philosophy

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  • Cihan SAÇLIOĞLU
Cihan SAÇLIOĞLU
Department of Physics, Bosphorus University

Published 09/01/2003

Keywords

  • philosophy of science,
  • quantum mechanics,
  • field theories and special relativity,
  • theory of quantized fluids

How to Cite

SAÇLIOĞLU, Cihan. 2003. “The Quantum Mechanical Foundations of Philosophy”. ITU ARI Bulletin of Istanbul Technical University 53 (02):1-9. https://ari.itu.edu.tr/index.php/ituari/article/view/33.

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Abstract

Many of the most familiar features of our everyday environment, and some of our basic notions about it, stem from Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (RQFT). We argue in particular that the origin of common names, verbs, adjectives such as full and empty, the concepts of identity, similarity, Plato's Universals, natural numbers, and existence versus non-existence can be traced to the space-time and gauge symmetries and quantum properties embodied in RQFT. These basic tools of human thought cannot arise in a universe strictly described by classical Physics based on Planck's constant being exactly equal to zero.Many of the most familiar features of our everyday environment, and some of our basic notions about it, stem from Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (RQFT). We argue in particular that the origin of common names, verbs, adjectives such as full and empty, the concepts of identity, similarity, Plato's Universals, natural numbers, and existence versus non-existence can be traced to the space-time and gauge symmetries and quantum properties embodied in RQFT. These basic tools of human thought cannot arise in a universe strictly described by classical Physics based on Planck's constant being exactly equal to zero.
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