Weyl’s Raum-Zeit-Materie and the Philosophy of Science

Fundamental Theories of Physics - One Hundred Years of Gauge Theory ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51197-5_8 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 185-196

Author(s):

Silvia De Bianchi

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Philosophy Of Science ◽

Western Philosophy ◽

Unified Field Theory ◽

Mathematical Methods ◽

Important Distinction ◽

Unified Field ◽

History Of ◽

Conceptual Underpinning ◽

Philosophical Underpinning

Abstract In this contribution I explore the philosophical underpinning of Weyl’s interpretation of Relativity as emerging from Raum-Zeit-Materie. I emphasize the important distinction between the philosophical and the mathematical methods, as well as the dichotomy and relationship between time and consciousness. Weyl identified the latter as the conceptual engine moving the whole history of Western philosophy. and the revolutionary relevance of relativity for its representation is investigated together with the conceptual underpinning of Weyl’s philosophy of science. In identifying the main traits of Weyl’s philosophy of science in 1918, I also offer a philosophical analysis of some underlying concepts of unified field theory.

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Unification of Gauge Forces and Gravity using Tangled Vortex Knots and Entanglement Dynamics

10.31222/osf.io/nqdct ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Short Range ◽

Gauge Fields ◽

Entanglement Dynamics ◽

Unified Field Theory ◽

Linear Dynamics ◽

Unified Field ◽

The Standard Model ◽

Theory Of Everything ◽

The Continuum

In this paper, the statistics of excitation-tangles in a postulated background ideal-superfluid field is studied. The structure of the Standard Model is derived in terms of tangle vortex-knots and soliton. Gravity is observed in terms of torsion and curvature in the continuum. In this way, non-linear dynamics and excitations give rise to a unified field theory as well as a Theory of Everything. As a result of this unification, spacetime and matter are shown to be fundamentally equivalent, while gauge fields arise from reorientation and excitations of the the fundamental underlying field. Finally, the equivalence of topological and quantum entanglement is explored to posit a theory of everything in terms of long- and short-range entanglement between fundamental quantum units (bits) of information.

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