TUNNEL BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS: SUPEREMPIRICAL BEABLES AND HIDDEN VARIABLES

Ano: 2010 | Volume: 12 | Número: 6

Autores: Rodolfo Petrônio

Palavras-chave: philosophy of nature, prime matter, ontology, quantum potential, clifford algebras

Resumo Inglês:

The ancient cosmological view that reality is more than quantitative aspects can be
explored with an adequate algebraic structure. Here we show that a Weyl algebra can
be used to represent the super-empirical (metaphysical) aspects of Saint Thomas´
prime matter and that Bohm's quantum potential intrinsically conveys these superempirical
properties (super-beables). If the proposal is correct, a means to provide an
epistemological bridge between philosophical principles inherent to nature and its
analysis by physics can be accomplished. In this case, metaphysical attributes do indeed
play an essential role ancient cosmology imparted to them, and they can be tracked
through the use of an appropriate tool, despite their being definitely “hidden variables”
from an empirical point of view, although not hidden from an ontological point of
view.