arXiv Open Access 2024

Re(l)ality: The View From Nowhere vs. The View From Everywhere

Nicola Bamonti
Lihat Sumber

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This paper investigates the mathematical and philosophical foundations of relational observables and reference frames using the fibre bundle formalism. Two paradigms are contrasted: the View from Nowhere, which interprets frame-dependent observables as perspectives on an invariant equivalence class, and the View from Everywhere which interprets each frame-dependent observables as a fully-fledged fundamental reality. The ontology endorsed by the View from Everywhere, termed Relality, is inherently fragmented, yet not solipsistic: inter-translatability between distinct, frame-dependent realities is possible. The paper challenges perspectivalist metaphysics and critiques the reliance on frame-free structures, arguing they obscure both empirical content and physical information. Central to the discussion is the challenge of providing a perspicuous and parsimonious characterisation of the gauge-invariant content of the theory.

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Nicola Bamonti

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Bamonti, N. (2024). Re(l)ality: The View From Nowhere vs. The View From Everywhere. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20520

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2024
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