'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet: Juliet soliloquy)
"It may, perhaps, come to this in time," observed Monte Cristo; "You know human inventions march from the complex to the simple, and simplicity is always perfection." (Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo).
Do not winnow in every wind, or follow every path. Stand firm for what you know, and let your speech be consistent. (Sirach 5:9-10)
Introduction
Physics has its roots in ontology. Ontology is a philosophical study of radical names such as object, matter, form, existence, concept, referent. We need to learn how to resolve the ontology of word referents and commit to a clear, precise, consistent and non-contradictory definitions of key strategic terms that will make or break our entire study of physics. In order to do this we need to dig deep and resolve the referred meaning of these radical names: object, matter, form, existence, concept, referent.
Object
In context of physics the name object is synonymous with the names entity, body, thing. Physics is first and foremost a study of objects. Object impart causal relations to objects via objects. And so physics is also a study of objects and their causal relations.
Before we can even begin to understand dynamic concepts such as light, gravity, electricity, magnetism, heat, ionization and atomic motion we better understand what an object refers to and how to distinguish an object from a concept so as to identify possible ontological contradictions.
The antonym of Object is Concept. All words can be separated into two distinct categories by way of their resolved ontology: Object and Concept. We resolve the ontology of the name referent by thoroughly understanding and committing to a perfect definition of the names Object and Form.
Object refers to that which has Form.
Matter is an ambiguous and ill-defined Concept passed down by Greeks. Matter refers to the set of objects or set of existing objects, say from atoms and the fundamental objects which constitute and interconnect them all to the stars.
Form: Introduction
Philosophy is the study of concepts and of reasons. Form is the most important name in all philosophy. It is even more important than the name Existence. Form is the first requirement of objecthood. Form is a primary quality of all objects. Children understand this quality very quickly by perceiving objects that stand out in their environment. Understanding Form is the epitome of education. In intellectual life it doesn't get any more radical than the name Form. Get used to it. This is the future.
Some synonyms of Form are shape, figure, structure, architecture, configuration, pattern.
Why is the word Form so important? The word Form is used to resolve the ontology of the word referent (that which the word refers to). We can only lump word referents into two possible categories:
1. Object
2. Concept
What we as humans are able to do is name objects and concepts. Obviously we then use these names in thinking and discourse. However the only way we have of discerning whether or not these names relate back to objects or to concepts is through the name Form. Does the word referent have Form??? Yes or no? Answer me this right here and now. If yes then the word refers to an Object. If no then the word refers to Concept.
Form allows us to perform a critical analysis of any given discourse. Form allows us to discover stealthily placed figures of speech and contradictions. Form leads one to intellectual heaven because this simple name forces one to take account for the endless spill of words coming out of everyone's mouth.
Unfortunately, with the development of the human race we have lost sight of the fact that we are constantly naming objects and concepts thus there is confusion over what a name refers to. Some treat objects as concepts or vice versa. What is even worse some literally assign motion to concepts (e.g. time moves, space moves, waves perform actions, fields perform actions, etc.) and except to be taken seriously. So in these tumultuous intellectual times we need the word Form to lead us out of the darkness.
What Does Form Refer To?
In ontology or generally for the ancient disciplines of philosophy and physics, the name Form has a specialized meaning. Form has nothing to do with an observer and his opinion. It is not as if we are looking at Florence Welch on stage at the Nobel Peace Prize banquet and thinking to ourselves: "She has a nice form". She may, but ‘nice’ implies opinion and observer. Form in this radical ontological context has nothing to do with appearance, opinion, observer or measurement. Mother Nature doesn't care about these.
Form is a root name that relates what is observer INDEPENDENT. An object has form regardless of whether anyone so happens to look at it, measure it or even think about it. The Sun had Form before the first human observed it, thought about it, measured it, calculated it, or theorized about it.
Form is what we call a native (innate) and intrinsic (inseparable) property of an object. An intrinsic property is what an object has of itself, independent of the observer. In contrast, extrinsic properties depend on an object's relationship with other objects, especially a human who serves as an observer. Some examples of extrinsic properties are size, color, dimension (length, width, height), taste, volume, weight, etc. Back in the day, extrinsic properties were called accidents. Extrinsic properties require connected objects and an observer to determine, yet Form, an intrinsic property, requires no observer, human or otherwise. Objects do not acquire Form through human opinion! God no.
Form is the single innate and intrinsic property that belongs to all objects without exception. Even God has Form. Form is the one property that relates the object itself from its immediate surrounding. How an object takes on its Form is given in a Theory but this is irrelevant here.
How do we define Form?
Form refers to a what. ('what' functions as a placeholder)
Form refers to what is bound.
Form refers to what is bound from the immediate surrounding.
The 'what' that is bound is considered holistically, as a whole, as one. In conceptualization one may reify space (treat a concept 'space' as an object) so as to understand Form however in reality it can only be an all encompassing fundamental object that imparts form to atoms or which is inherent to an atom's Form and this fundamental object does not rely on a concept called space for it's Form. More below).
The name Bound plays prominently in this definition so some synonyms of bound are demarcated, separated, differentiated, contained, defined, delimited, etc. Objects need no definition since they are defined of themselves. IN contrast concepts always need definition because they refer to relational activity rooted in the brain. God knows what is happening between most people's ears.
Notice in so called 2D objects like squares and circles it is impossible to imagine anything that is bound, contained, demarcated, separated, delimited, differentiated, etc. So in response some people calls these abstract or imaginary objects. The fact that nothing is contained implies that these abstract 2D object CANNOT POSSIBLY EXIST. And so you see the nihilistic religion called geometry begins to be exposed with these definitions.
Form refers to a what, i.e. what is contained in context to the object in question, itself. What is included or excluded is a matter of context. Form always implies a boundary or boundaries. How those boundaries are set, how an object such as a star assumes its Form, or what imparts form to an object in question is made manifest in a Hypothesis and Theory.
The History of Form
Thinkers from time immemorial have brainstormed for a more thorough understanding of the name Form. And some have even flirted with a perfect understanding of the name Form. All of these quotes are somewhat useful. Please note that the words thing, body, corporeal, matter are basically synonymous with Object. A more refined definition of matter is the set of existing objects.
Historical Thinkers On Form:
by form I mean the essence of each thing, and its primary substance -- Aristotle, (Metaphysics, Ch. 7)
For the form cannot desert matter, because it is inseparable from it and matter itself cannot be deprived of form -- Robert Grosseteste (On Light)
The first corporeal form is in my opinion light ---Grosseteste (On Light)
The chief point of divergence is that for Grosseteste matter is not pure potency, as it was for Aristotle, but possesses in its own right a certain minimal reality. (Riedl, Clare C. (Translator) Notes on Grosseteste)
Form, that is to say, the first corporeal form, or light, is in his view more than the 'form of corporeity,' the principle of extension, it is also a principle of activity. . . The intrinsic principle from which this motion or activity proceeds must be the form . . . (From Notes on Grosseteste)
Light furnishes therefore the principle of continuity in nature, for as the first corporeal form it is common to all things in the universe from the lowest of the elements, earth, up to and including even the firmament. Thus 'all things are one by the perfection of one light.' (From Notes on Grosseteste)
For where there is no shape nor order, nothing either cometh or goeth -- Augustine (Confessions, Book 12, Ch. 9)
where there is no form there can be no distinction between "this" or "that” -- Augustine (Confessions, Book 12, Ch. 13)
The term 'body' [object] therefore can signify that which has such a form as allows the determination of three dimensions in it, prescinding from everything else, so that from that form no further perfection may follow. If anything else is added, it will be outside the meaning of body thus understood. (Aquinas, On Being and Essence) [in other words there are extrinsic and artificial properties that we relate but these cannot define an object. Only form can define an object]
The term body [object] can also be taken to mean a thing having a form such that three dimensions can be counted in it, no matter what the form may be . . . (Aquinas, On Being and Essence)
Now matter and form are so related that form gives being to matter (Aquinas, On Being and Essence) [in other words all objects in the set named matter have the native-inherent property called form and this may qualify them under the category existence].
Matter then cannot exist without some form but there can be a form without matter (Aquinas, On Being and Essence) [in other words he realized that there is a fundamental form that underlies the set of objects, i.e. matter].
As Avicenna says, "The quiddity of a simple substance is the simple entity itself," (Aquinas, On Being and Essence) [in other words there is a fundamental object that belongs to all objects in the set of matter and this object is what is bound of itself]
A boundary is that which is an extremity of anything. (Aristotle, Metaphysics)
A figure is that which is contained by a boundary or boundaries.” (Euclid, Elements)
the knowledge of the universal consents of things …. I … understand as the science which applies the knowledge of hidden forms to the production of wonderful operations; and by uniting (as they say) actives with passives, displays the wonderful works of nature. (Francis Bacon IV, 366–7: De Augmentis III.5)
Who existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped (Saint Paul) [Even God has Form].
A complete answer would amount to a history of thought, for in one sense everything possesses form. In some contexts the Greek words Eidos, Schema, and Morphe, and the Latin word Forma, which are often translated as “form” mean no less than “the qualities which make anything what it is.” (Notes from Accent on Form by Whyte)
Around 1250 we find Thomas Aquinas regarding forma as the essential quality or determining principle of every individual thing. (Notes on Accent on Form by Whyte)
But more importantly, shape is what an object has before light even reaches our eyes from the object. (Fatfist, Physics--What is Shape and Why Does it Define an Object?)
Ultron to Jarvis: Where is your body?Jarvis to Ultron: I am a program. I have no form. (From Avengers: Age of Ultron)
All of these thinkers basically understood that Form goes hand in hand with Object. Object and Form are inseparable. It is impossible for an Object not to have Form. Without Form there is no Object. An Object without Form is irrational, inconceivable and impossible.
These thinkers may not have agreed on their definition of Form and of course there is a never-ending inter-generational brainstorms and debates over these ontological concepts, however it is easy to see that Form was a pivotal name wed to Object.
The buck stops at Form. Form is the Res Ipsa Loquitur (the thing itself speaks). Once we have understood the name Form there is no circling back to concepts in a perfect understanding and definition of the name Object. Object and Form are inseparable. Form belongs to all Objects. Lack of Form = Concept. Obviously attributes and relations lack form and cannot possibly exist. Attributes and relations refer to our thoughts about objects. Attribute refers to a comparison of objects. What does this thing have or not have in comparison to that thing. What can this thing do that another cannot do.
Form is a primary attribute that all objects have and that distinguishes all objects from concepts. Form has no quality, property, or attribute. Once we have conceived Form there are no more conceptual relations in regards to the Object. To suggest so much is patently circular and contradictory. A quality does not have a quality. Property does not have property. Attribute does not have attribute.
Robert Grosseteste (First Corporeal Form = Minimal Reality)
I placed Grosseteste's quotes near the top since of all these historical thinkers he seemed to be the one who was onto something. His meditations spring up from his work with light. I suggest that perhaps in its most restricted usage the name Form is synonymous with what Grosseteste calls the 'minimal reality'. This minimal reality is basically the same as his 'first corporeal form', Aristotle's 'primary substance' and Avicenna's 'simple entity'. Lets call this the assumed fundamental subatomic object.
In the most radical context of physics it is this assumed Fundamental Object that belongs to all objects in the set named Matter. When these thinkers first conceived their concepts and named they had no clue as to what the First Corporeal Form may be. And so they came up with a host of names such as substance, essence, etc. Since then we have narrowed the search down to atoms and subatomic objects constituting atoms as well as mediating light and gravity between all atoms. Now we are a little more advanced, so we can make a reasonable and safe assumption as to what the assumed fundamental object may be. And we think this assumption without the need for any validation or verification (for our perception begins on objects of our environment comprised of atoms, and this fundamental object mediates our perceptions and observations of objects). Then we will use this assumption to redefine and restrict the usage of Form and Existence for the purposes of physics.
Grosseteste thought that this fundamental object was light. Light of course refers to a concept, and so cannot possibly be a fundamental object. Ontology aside, I think what he was really after were that object which mediates light (and gravity) to and from all atoms. This fundamental object converges from all atoms of the Universe, so that a single hydrogen atom (proton or neutron) may assume its Form. Notice what I said. I said that the objects that mediate light and gravity between all atoms are one and the same from which all atoms assume their form. This is the only reasonable way of reality and this simple statement is hidden in Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation.
Now let us take a step back and reanalyze the definitions of Object and Form:
Object: that which has Form
Form: that which is bound from the immediate surrounding
In EM Rope Hypothesis and Thread Theory the immediate environment is gazillions of double stranded Threads converging into Neutrons or Hydrogen Atoms that belong to an object such as the Sun. It is this Thread that serves as the source of continuity in the set of objects called matter whereas atoms, protons, neutrons and electrons are critical matrices of Thread. Atoms serve as the limit of Thread. Thread serves as the limit of Atoms. Atom does not equal Thread, Thread does not equal atom. There is inequality between atoms and thread and yet one cannot have one without the other. Thread is continuous, Atoms are in a sense discontinuous and yet derived from the Thread. Atoms could be thought of as a critical abundance of Thread. A Critical Abundance of Thread refers to an intersection, overlap or superposition of Thread through which no more Thread may penetrate. This is how we don't simply fall through the Earth via gravity.
In some subatomic features these Critical Thread Densities are temporary since if all the Hydrogen atoms of the Universe are permanently connected by Thread there would presumably be an extraneous superposition of Thread on all Hydrogen atoms fused and clustered together say for example in a star. And yet a Critical Abundance of Thread or Atoms are radically distinct and unequal to Thread. They are discrete and yet derived in the the one Thread which is continuous.
It is assumed all the atoms of the Universe are connected and comprised of a taut, rectilinear twined Thread. The Thread is common to all objects in the set named matter just like Grosseteste thought. It is this physical mediator of light and gravity that belongs to all objects in the set named matter.
In summary: When we say that an Object is that which has Form; Form in this radical ontological context is a name that refers to what is contained. It is impossible, inconceivable and irrational for an Object not to have Form. This has nothing to do with a subjective observer's opinion, thought or act of measurement. Mother Nature herself taught us Form, so to speak. The Sun had form before any of us observed it. In context to the Sun, Form refers to what belongs to the Sun before it's light even reaches us. The Form of the Sun refers to what is contained namely all of its atoms and neutrons patterned by a crisscrossing convergence of the First Form, the Thread.
When we think and trace back to the First Form, this is bound of itself. The referent of First Form doesn't need an idea called space to contour it. The First Form is self-contained. Res ipsa loquitur.
Does God Have Form?
Yes even God has Form. This would seem obvious but in a world now ruled by concepts, it seems that more than ever the conceptual aspect of God is emphasized at the expense of his objecthood. St. Paul clearly teaches that God has Form:
[Christ Jesus] who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,
The word English word 'form' is translated from the Greek word 'morphe'. Morphe unequivocally means form. I do not care how many word games one plays you will never get around the fact that 'morphe' means form. Saint Paul was writing to the Philippians who spoke Greek. So we can assume Saint Paul and the God who inspired him intended to use the word morphe with profundity.
Existence and form are two closely related concepts. Notice the wording of Philipians:
who, being in the form of God (YLT)
who, existing in the form of God (KJV)
who was in the form of God (NAB)
All objects have form and if they exist they certainly have a location. God meets these requirements. God has form. God is located in the discrete object known as Heaven. Heaven is detached or set apart from all objects of matter that is the atoms and the fundamental objects that mediate light and gravity to and from all atoms and which all atoms also derive their form from.
Form in this context refers to an intrinsic quality. It does not refer to an extrinsic quality such as appearance, look, color, etc. Form is a quality that is observer independent. Form is a quality that an object has of itself, independent of other objects or comparative relations. So God has a form independent of anyone in Heaven observing God. And God has a form prior to God creating all the objects in the set called matter. God's Form and Existence require Faith.
God is bounded from His immediate surroundings. He has some type of singular face delineating Him from all other objects. If this were not the case God would be a pantheistic God. When the just are assumed into Heaven they do not spill into God, and God does not spill into them. Rather they are initiated into an immediate relationship with God within a real object called Heaven. They see Him face to face with no go bet-weens. Still God is bound from the environment of Angels and Saints in Heaven. Otherwise how could a face to face relation be possible? The Angels and Saints do not morph into God, and God does not morph into the Angels and Saints or atoms, trees, stars, etc.
Even when the Holy Spirit is sent and resides within a human, he still retains his unique form. He relates intimately to that human form, more so that any two humans can possibly relate but he retains his own form. The Holy Spirit is superposed with the soul and body of a human in sanctifying grace and this is similar to how the fundamental subatomic object behaves. And yet again in spite of this mystical superposition, He, the Spirit still retains his singular form.
What is the form of God? I don't know. I've never seen Him. God is not of atoms or the fundamental subatomic objects. God has a supernatural form. He is not of the same stuff of Angels or human souls. But these are in his image and likeness. God's Form is a Trinity so it could be described as One Form yet Three Forms. Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich described God like a sphere within a sphere within a sphere. So there are Three Divine Forms yet One Divine Form. It is sort of like how all the fundamental subatomic objects converge and superpose to form a single atom. They are many, and yet one as we will see below.
The Fundamental Subatomic Object or First Form
For it was not impossible for your all-powerful hand, that formed all things from unknown material, to send forth upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions, (From the Book of Wisdom 11:18)Everyone wants to know what the Fundamental Object or First Form is, but in this most radical of all physical contexts all we can possibly do is describe it. In terms of physics, once one gets to the fundamental object there is nothing left to justify, posit or explain. In supposition the hypothesized Thread just is. Even our basic physical notions such as the action-reaction principle spring up from this supposed First Form.
What is It?
I noticed that many throughout history have traced back to what is called a fundamental object or fundamental entity or simple entity, or first form or minimal reality. These are all basically synonyms. This fundamental object imparts form to all objects, contains all objects, separates all objects, differentiates all objects etc. from the H atom to the most massive star. We call this fundamental entity the Thread. It is called Thread, because if we could see it (which is impossible because it mediates light) it would appear similar to our macro Thread. We have this Thread assumed to be the finest object in existence. The Thread stands out on its own. The Thread is rectilinear and double stranded, transforming itself into an atom. The Thread is 3D. Height and Width is extremely tiny. Length is immeasurable. It is impossible to trace a beginning or end to the Thread other than the atom itself which it converges on and constitutes.
The Thread has Form, a wholly unique Form unlike any of the other objects we consider such as man, woman, horse, star, etc. The Thread is uniform, monolithic, always the same, never changes its Form. It is indestructible to all except God Himself. It is to some degree God like. A little reflection of God.
What I noticed with this fundamental object is that it is impossible to imagine anything imparting Form to the Thread unless some sort of miracle happened as in God creating the Thread ex nihilo. Space, a devious relational activity of the brain CANNOT possibly impart Form to the Thread or any Object whatsoever. The Thread is self-contained. Its just there. The thing speaks for itself. And it doesn't change Form because the referent of Form or the 'what' that is bound in context to Thread never changes. What the Thread is made out of never changes. Physicists and philosophers figured this out hundreds of years ago but they had no assumed object called Thread. Modern Physicists and Cosmologists tend to ignore the wisdom of the past. In their never ending race of discovery, fame, fortune and funding they have failed to realize that all of these hundreds of new particles are really just minor disturbances and manifestations of one and the same fundamental subatomic object at work everywhere. And no one is the wiser.
It is interesting: what is bound in reference to Thread is almost the same as saying what the Thread is made of. It's essence, its substance. That I or anyone else does not know. One would have to fly up to Heaven and ask God. But we can call it any name we choose. Call it Gaedium.
The Thread is what they call topologically invariant. The Thread retains its Form even when it is impinged upon by atoms. When atoms assume two or more locations (in other words move) they rather mysteriously reform themselves by this thread while retaining their inherent connection to all other atoms of the Universe. A single hydrogen atom has a fundamental subatomic double stranded threadlike object ending on every other hydrogen atom of the Universe. An atom tapping into the double stranded threads is a light event and this serves as the constant action/equal and opposite reaction needed to sustain inertia as well as gravity non-locally across the Universe between all atoms as well as between those in close proximity. This is why mass and velocity of light squared are wed together on the right side of Einstein's equation.
Superposition
There is another enigmatic property of the Thread which we can call superposition or light on light. Thread can pass through Thread to a critical abundance or maximum number. These overlaps serve as locations of fundamental interactions such as light, fusions, chemical bonding, electricity and magnetism. When a threaded feature of the atom attains critical abundance of Thread a sort of anomaly happens either moving the Thread or locking it into place. Thread connecting atoms gets disturbed, etc. But in between atoms and stars Thread intersects, superposes, and overlaps Thread. This was first understood by Grosseteste, then by Huygens, and finally by Maxwell. Although these thinkers were still stuck in the darkness of concepts such as field, wave, light, etc. They never pinned down the problem thoroughly enough before another figured it out namely Gaede in 1997. Here are some quotes:
Maxwell: “ Equation (361) for the electromagnetic field is linear in the field,… this means that two waves can travel through each other without disturbing each other”
“ Here then we have two independent qualities of bodies, one by which they allow of the passage of electricity through them, and the other by which they allow of electrical action being transmitted through them without any electricity being allowed to pass.” (J. Maxwell, On Physical Lines of Force, Philosophical Magazine 21 (1861))
Huygens: “ Another property of waves of light, and one of the most marvelous, is that when some of them come from different or even from opposing sides, they produce their effect across one another without any hindrance…the waves do not destroy nor interrupt one another when they cross one another” (C. Huygens, Treatise on Light (1678) trans. S. Thompson (1912) p. 22)
Grosseteste: "Corporeity, therefore, is either light itself or the agent which performs the aforementioned operation and introduces dimensions into matter in virtue of its participation in light, and acts through the power of this same light. But the first form cannot introduce dimensions into matter through the power of a subsequent form. Therefore light is not a form subsequent to corporeity, but it is corporeity itself. . .
Professor Richard A. Mueller (Berkeley): The amazing thing about gravity is that it goes RIGHT THROUGH THINGS; more effectively than even neutrinos. You are pulling, RIGHT NOW, on the atoms of the other side of the Earth. (From Gravity and Satellites)
If the hypothesized Thread performs the dynamic concept called light conceived as torsion waves then this fundamental object or first form can superpose, overlap, pass through, intersect etc. without hindrance, interruption, disturbance, tangling, etc. It is only when we have an intersection or overlap of a maximum abundance of Thread at a given location that Thread may get disturbed, hindered, stopped, redirected, etc. This critical overlap is exemplified by proton, neutron, and electron which are basically supposed as a convergence (proton, neutron) or overlapping alignment (electron) of gazillions of Threads, perhaps even 3 times that of all base Hydrogen atoms (protons) of Universe. These nodes of critical thread abundance are discontinuous, they are matrices, they are radically distinct, and unequal to the Thread and yet derived in the Thread which is continuous.
Musings of Werner Heisenberg
The famous physicist Werner Heisenberg wrestling with notions that the fundamental subatomic object constitutes all atoms in the set called matter. In his honesty he was at a loss for words on how to describe what his mathematical descriptions led him to believe. And so what he thinks is very close to what we covered above only he was not equipped with a clear philosophical basis and language with which to express his ideas. He was a pro at Mathematics, but Math alone cannot elucidate Mother Nature; especially at the most radical level which we cannot even see! Here are some of his quotes:
Light and matter are both single entities, and the apparent duality arises in the limitations of our language. . . This state of affairs is best described by saying that all particles are basically nothing but different stationary states of one and the same stuff. (Heisenberg, Quantum Theory, 1930)
My Comment: Light and Matter both refer to concepts. Light is a dynamic relation consummated by atoms and the fundamental subatomic objects interconnecting and constituting all atoms of the Universe. The single entity is the fundamental subatomic object, the Thread. The so called stationary states are temporary crisscrosses, overlaps, or superpositions of Thread which is a requirement for fundamental interactions such as light, fusion, electricity.
Thus even the three basic building-stones have become reduced to a single one. (from Atomic Physics and Causal Law, from The Physicist’s Conception of Nature, Werner Heisenberg, 1958)
Comment: There is a single closed looped Thread underlying all atoms/protons, neutrons, electrons.
There is only one kind of matter but it can exist in different discrete stationary conditions. (From Atomic Physics and Causal Law, from The Physicist’s Conception of Nature, Werner Heisenberg, 1958)
Comment: The one kind of fundamental object, the Thread is continuous, but this Thread can establish what I call Critical Thread Abundances, which are not continuous, however derived in the one Thread. A Critical Abundance of Thread is an superpostion of Thread through which no more Thread may pass. This is the proton. Perhaps in what they call black holes at the center of galaxies, there is a sort of exotic object that is not an atom or a star, but has almost a continuous presence of Critical Thread Abundances. And this is why star that travel into this unique object are torn apart.
To some that a 3D object, albeit fundamental, could overlap up to a hypothetical critical abundance may seem ridiculous. But I suggest you understand the utter vanity of questioning this assumption. Thread overlapping, superposing or intersecting has nothing to do with the stated fact that Thread has Form and so refers to an Object, that we could hypothetically measure to length, width and height. Length, width and height depend upon an observer, but the Thread's unique property is observer independent and in addition does not require any sort of conceptualization from a human or the Thread itself for that matter. Thread overlapping is natural. It is unnatural for two trees to overlap because the atoms comprising the tree have attained a critical thread abundance which enables them to not pass through one another but rather repel one another.
I could just as easily come back at you and ask why do protons and electrons repel one another? How is it that you do not sink down to the center of the Earth this very moment? Its not because atoms are 3D. Oh no. An atom is a fullness of Thread converging from all the atoms of the Universe. The idea that atoms are mostly empty space thus you are mostly empty space is a ridiculous and unenlightened idea. Space refers to that which lacks form. An object cannot be made of mostly empty space. This is a stupid thought rooted in Rutherford and the planetary model of the atom. Rationale would seem to suggest that an atom or a human is a fullness of whatever fundamental entity comprises all matter. Wherever an atom or a human or a star is, there is an abundance of whatever it is that fundamentally comprises these and here we have that assumed as Thread. All one need do is get over the unique properties and behavior of this fundamental entity such as superposition.
Existence
People sometimes used to say that exist must be ambiguous because look at the difference between 'chairs exist' and 'numbers exist'. A familiar reply goes: the difference between the existence of chairs and the existence of numbers seems, on reflection, strikingly like the difference between numbers and chairs. Since you have the latter to explain the former, you don't also need 'exist' to be polysemic. (---Fodor, Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong)
With some understanding of Object, Matter, Form and First Form we may graduate to Exist. Exist is the most important name in all physics. In order to study phenomena such as light, gravity, electricity and magnetism we need to invoke objects that exist.
The name existence comes from the Latin word exsistere. Exsistere literally means to stand out: the Latin prefix ex means out added to the Latin verb stare meaning to stand. Synonyms of existence are nature, perhaps real, be, presence, reality. I imagine that our Latin ancestors originally conceived 'EXISTENCE' because they rationally discerned between objects that stand out in their environment (existing objects) and dream objects, hallucinatory objects, imaginary objects, 2D geometric objects, hypothesized objects, etc.
The name Existence is what we could categorize as a static concept. This static concept is used to describe object/form. And in light of the literal Latin meaning and our thorough understanding of the name Form and First Form; Existence is easy to understand.
That which has Form, STANDS OUT.
Or if one wants to get even more radical:
That which has the First Form, STANDS OUT.
Existence refers to that which stands out. That which stands out implies three dimensions (length, width, and height), however these are measurements and whether or not an object exists does not rely on our act of measuring.
Forma and Existentia are two fundamental ways of describing Object. Form refers to what is contained and Existence refers to what stands out. Form refers to the 'What' from boundary to core, Existence refers to the 'What' from inside out.
In terms of physics Existence relates an Object contained out of Thread or the Thread itself. A configuration of Thread stands out. Concepts lack form and so they are automatically disqualified from existence. No a number does not exist. Imaginary objects, abstract mathematical objects, and so on do not stand out because it is impossible to imagine them containing anything. In other words, in terms of physics they are NOT configured of the supposed 'first corporeal form' which Grosseteste made synonymous with the 'minimal reality' which we call the Thread. So in this conception, the primary qualifier of Existence would be Form and the secondary qualifier would be Thread.
So now let's apply these super restricted descriptions to the referent of Florence. The referent of Florence has Form. Thus the referent of Florence is an Object. The First Form belongs to the referent of Florence. A convergence of countless Twined Threads coming from all the atoms of the Universe pattern her body. The Threads either converge in abundance to form her atoms (or protons and neutrons). Thus the referent of Florence exists. She stands out.
Now one could opt for a broader but no less clear, consistent, unambiguous and non-contradictory definition of the name existence. Existence refers to an object that has location. That which has Form and location exist. Primary qualifier: Form. Secondary qualifier: Location. Existence invokes a WHAT (Object/Form) and a WHERE (Location). In other words exist relates something somewhere, a presence, a nature. Location is the set of static distances from an object to all other objects. This definition disqualifies all geometrical objects such as circles, squares, lines, etc. from existence as well as imaginary objects such as Bart Simpson. With this enlightened understanding of the word existence we can clearly see that 1D, 2D, or 4D objects of geometry cannot possibly exist or be used in assumptions, explanations and conclusions in physics. Geometry is a nihilistic religion.
I opt for the more radical and restricted definition of Existence because if an Object has the First Form it is (in my understanding) literally connected to all objects via the First Form. The Sun exists because it is comprised of a big ball of configured Thread coming out from all the atoms of the Universe. To have the First Form is to be connected to all physical objects in the set called matter. The Thread enables us to redefine some extrinsic qualities for the purposes of physics. Distance is really the length of an EM Rope connecting any two atoms. Location means an object is connected to all other objects by the supposed First Form twisted out from the atoms that belong to a particular object. Dimension describes a figure of Thread.
In summary here are some possible definitions of existence for the purposes of physics and philosophy:
that which has form and location
that which stands out
the Thread or that which is woven by the Thread
1D object, 2D images, fail on all accounts. Dream objects, hallucinatory objects and abstract objects also fail. 4D objects are impossible.
With object, matter, form, first form and existence in mind let us proceed to the radical name Concept.
Concept
The name Concept is the antonym of Object. To describe a Concept as an object, entity, or form is a terrible misnomer that causes confusion. A sheer contradiction. All concepts, without exception lack Form, let alone the First Form, thus Concepts do not refer to Objects, or Forms and of course are disqualified from Existence. (This Plato along with some Medieval philosophers failed to understand).
Again, Concept refers to a lack of Form. Concepts do not literally assume a Form. They have no Form. So called "Concept Formation" is poetry. Concepts are the antithesis of Objects. Some synonyms of concept are idea, notion, thought, abstraction, conception, conceit, cogitation, intellection, conceptualization, etc.
In the radical ontological context, Concept refers to a work of the brain, a brain-work. Concept refers to a motion of the brain, more specifically our neurons and on a more fundamental level atoms signaling to each other via fundamental objects. Our brains elaborate relations in service of understanding and then praxis or communication.
We process objects of our environment through our sense organs and by way of the brain we identify and associate relations between objects. We then treat these relations as if they were objects in an act of naming. We remember the names, trace the names, etc. Sometimes we use the same name to label many new concepts. Through the names we use the concepts that they refer to in recall and through communication. At this juncture of the human family we have gazillions of concepts traced out. Our concepts (brain works) have become increasingly complex and difficult to learn. In fact we are at a stage of micro-evolution where specialists learn and use a narrow set of concepts known only to those in their fields.
Concepts are relations. Relations can be classified into many categories but some basic modifiers are natural/artificial, intrinsic/extrinsic, and dynamic/static.
With this understanding we can define Concept as
a relation between two or more objects (worked out by the brain).
I added the parenthesis (worked out by the brain) because it does not seem clear to everyone that conceptions originate via the brain. We live in a time when concepts seem to take on a life of their own. People tend to be enslaved by concepts, so to speak. But this is not at all how it should be. Since it is us who continuously do the work called conceptualization till brain death, it is us who should have dominion over our concepts. And since it is us who conceive the onus is on us to define our concepts unambiguously and without contradiction.
All rational concepts can be traced back to at least two objects. Even the referent of a simple name such as 'Florence' can be traced back to the object who conceived the name usually Mom or Dad and the referred object of the name that is the baby.
All concepts are relational actions of the brain. The brain takes in objects of the environment through a sensory system and works a relation between objects. Some of these relations such as light and love work out naturally, others are artificial, man-made. A concept's meaning is defined by the user and sender. Concepts are not supposed to confuse or deceive . . . they are supposed to help. (Corollary: IMHO concepts worked out by the brain are ever new. Even familiar concepts are ever conceived anew. We almost continuously do the work of conception till death. This is why no two genuine discourses are ever the same unless we quote, copy, transcribe, etc.)
Some concepts could be described by the name 'abstract'. Abstract concepts are simply a nest of many related objects and/or concepts worked out by the brain. A classic example of an abstract concept is Universe or Cosmos. Universe is a binary conceptual system relating space and matter. Matter is the set of all existing objects, all things. Space relates lack of Form. I guess that an ancient got sick of saying, "All the trees, and all the hills and the seas, and all the men, women, and children, and all the stars, and space, etc." So he came up with the bright idea now called Universe or Cosmos. Universe lacks From, this name resolves to an idea.
But now some have gone and named the brain work called Universe into a pregnant Florence Welch with a curving belly. In other words, some have irrationally converted the abstract concept Universe, into an object of existence that can perform actions like curve and expand. Although we reify concepts such as space and matter, to perform a synthetic abstraction we must understand that the reification does not allow our concepts to exist and perform causal actions or undergo change effects. We reify concepts in the act of naming. We cannot relate to that which lacks Form, thus we do this almost preternatural trick of treating our brain-work as if it had form so as to name, use in understanding, consummate higher order abstractions, communicate and so on.
Obviously someone has mistaken Universe or Space, both names that resolve concepts, lacking form, not to mention the concepts of dark matter, dark energy, the Higg's Field, EM Field, quantum field, the sixty or so particles, energy, gravitational waves, gravity wells and so on and so forth ad nauseum etc. for the abundance of Twined Thread crisscrossing and connecting, converging and forming all the atoms and neutrons of existence.
Concepts Do Not Change
Concepts DO NOT change. The idea distance does not change. All the stars and galaxies are connected by the supposed First Form twined in a DNA like configuration. It is these supposed objects connecting the stars that change, and the stars themselves that change, not the idea distance. "Change of distance" does not happen in reality. Change of stars, galaxies and the supposed objects connecting them is the reality.
Since Concept refers to relational actions worked out by the brain by our neurons, atoms, mediators, etc. it is blatantly obvious that Concept lacks Form and so is automatically disqualified from Existence. In a radical ontological context, Concepts cannot possibly move since concepts are motions of the brain. Concepts cannot possibly perform causal actions or undergo change effects. (Note that this does not entail that Concept does not HAPPEN, however these dynamic concepts must ALWAYS be performed or worked by objects that exist.)
Onto-logically, strictly speaking, in a stern restricted manner, concepts cannot possibly change because concepts are what the existing objects of your brain DO. One is always conceiving anew. The objects of your brain are changing. When a human changes his ideas, it is not the ideas that change, it is the human who changes or the objects connected within the human that change. If one is thinking differently than he did as a child then his brain has evolved.
Concepts cannot possibly change.
Only objects can possibly change.
Concepts cannot possibly move.
Only objects can possibly move.
Concepts cannot possibly perform actions (verbs)
Only objects can possibly perform actions.
And objects that exist are way more valuable and important than concepts. Objects are greater than concepts, e.g. food, an object is more important than economy, a concept.
Referent
Now languages have the fault of containing certain expressions which fail to designate an object (although grammatical form seems to qualify them for that purpose) . . .
So language brands a concept as an object, since the only way it can fit the designation for a concept into its grammatical structure is as a proper name. But in so doing, strictly speaking it falsifies matters. (Gottlob Frege, 1892a, 168-69)
"the concept horse is not a concept" (Gottlob Frege, 1892b)
A name is same as word. All names are first and foremost concepts. This is a matter that Frege could never quite work out. He understood that a horse is a concept and yet not a concept. But he never could solve the answer as to why. The name 'horse' is a Concept, but the name refers or relates Frege to that which has Form in other words an Object.
A referent is that which the name refers to. Names are conceived so as to refer the thinker or the audience to objects or to concepts. In other words we name objects and concepts. We establish an affinity with objects by our act of naming. With objects all we can possibly do is name them, assume them, draw them and explain how they work in relation to other objects. Naming refers to a dynamic concept completed by a human and can be traced directly to the object that is named (to that which has Form). We also have the tricky ability to perform the work of naming our conceptions. We name our brain works, to organize, synthesize abstractions, develop and stimulate our brains and also so as to communicate directly with other objects such as humans and animals. Naming concepts modifies objects, describes them, etc. This name can indirectly trace back to the objects of our brains (atoms, electrons, neurons, connectors, etc.) performing causal relations and undergoing change effects in the referred concept or to objects of our environment remembered and used to relation in conception.
The name of our conception serves as a placeholder for the objects of our environment we conceived in a relation via our sensory organ or the objects of our brain performing the work called conception and serves to modify, describe, explain the objects. So we perceive water molecules, remember their locations, think and name that thought wave. Wave is what an object does. Wave does not refer to an object. We can trace back wave to objects even if these objects are no longer perceivable or even imperceptible.
Since we perform the act of naming we have to determine whether or not we named, or used a name, to refer to an object or to a concept. The way we do this is to ask:
Does the nominal referent have Form?
If so we may file the name under Object. If not the name resolves to a relation worked out by the brain: Concept. Now this may seem insignificant at first, but I assure the reader that this is one of the, if not THE most important task in all of philosophy and physics.
Language can be tricky and seductive without an ontological basis that we perform naturally and yet seemed to have lost touch with. The seeming deficiency, ambiguity, or seduction of language has to do with us. We conceive and use words in a deficient manner. And we introduce ambiguity into language when we fail to define strategic words. And some seduce the weak minded with deficient and ambiguous word use.
But all referents without exception are categorized into two categories by way of their resolved ontology: The two ontological categories are of course
1. Object
2. Concept
There is no third category.
The underlying ontology of the word referent is resolved objectively. The objective criterion is based on the rigorous definition of the names Object and Form derived from all the great thinkers of history. All we need do is take a word in its context and ask whether or not the referent has Form. This is a cut and dry. The answer is yes or no. Form is the only name that can possibly describe any and all Objects. Thus Form serves as the criterion for resolving the ontological context of the word referent. If the referent of the word does not have Form, then the word refers to a relation worked out by the brain; the word refers to a concept.
We haphazardly resolve word ontology every time we parse a sentence. However this skill needs to be honed so that we can perform a contextual analysis on any and all discourses given by anyone in any study, especially science. And we need this skill to trace concepts back to objects. If a concept cannot be traced back to a minimum of two objects then you should note that something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Evaluating the Ontological Context of Referents is the only way an author or a reader can guarantee clarity in understanding and communication. By resolving the underlying ontology of the word referent one is able to discern ordinary language from scientific language. One is able to discern figures of speech, colloquialisms, rhetoric, etc. One is able to discern hogwash. And one is able to accomplish many other educated tasks.
The ontological roots of language are as clear as the Sun and as strong as a mountain. There is no manner of circumventing a concept. All concepts necessarily invoke a minimum of two objects. And all concepts lack that which belong to all objects, namely Form.
Whoever understands the significance of resolving the ontological context of word referents is truly educated and free. Whoever does not understand how to put this into practice or does not respect the importance of this practice is uneducated. Educated of means "led out from". The idea is that one is lead out of darkness and into the light. We need to be able to master concepts in route out of darkness.
Some Examples of Resolving the Underlying Ontology of Word Referents:
Wind
Does the name 'wind' refer to an object? Or to a concept? Wind has no form, thus it resolves to a concept. Wind could be defined as two or more locations of air molecules parallel to the Earth's surface. Adam and Eve came along, thought invisible objects moved parallel to the ground: pelting their faces, trees, as well as their huts and so named 'wind'.
Wind cannot move. Wind is objects (air atoms/molecules) in motion. Wind is really a specialized verb in disguise. It is as if the subject, air, is built into a verb. Wind relates motion of air. A verb is a name that represents a moving relation worked out by the brain. With motion we need an object(s) regardless of whether or not we can see them.
Wave
Wave is a tricky one. A wave may seem like it has form but indeed the ontological context resolves to a concept. Like wind, wave refers to a dynamic concept, a verb. Wave is a manner of motion. Wave is our conceptualization of a thing's action. For example, Florence Welch's arms wave when she sings. There is no such thing as a wave. A wave is not a noun of reality, e.g. gravitational waves resolve to concepts. They cannot possibly exist. No one in the history of the Universe, not even God himself has ever literally seen a wave. All we have done is imagined a thing waving.
In context to light and gravity and electron, it is indisputable that these phenomena have dynamic wave-like properties. So we have to ask ourselves what is it that is waving? What is waving at the atomic perimeter??? What is waving between stars in light and gravitational mediation??? Brainstorm and then suppose a rational mediator, an object.
Space
Space is the whore of philosophers and of weak minds.
The tricky and seductive word Space, resolves to a concept. This might sound crazy to the uneducated, but it is impossible to see space via our sensory systems. No one in the history of the Universe has seen space or taken in space via their sensory systems. Not even God has seen space. All we can possibly see are objects that are literally connected to our eyes by the mediators of light. When we see two objects, we think space. Space refers to the separation between two or more objects. However the referent of the name space is an impoverished notion since we assume that the Twined Threads separate any two objects and the Twined Thread is bounded from the immediate surrounding of itself. The stuff that is the referent of the name 'Thread' or 'first corporeal form' or 'fundamental entity', or 'minimal reality', certainly doesn't need an idea called space to separate it.
We cannot see that which mediates light and converges to form all the H atoms and neutrons of the Universe, thus we have overindulged ourselves with the bunk notion of space. Space has never imparted a causal relation or undergone a change effect in the entire history of the Universe since it is JUST A RELATION worked out by the brain!!!! Space is a concept. Space is not even a container. Space cannot perform the the referred action of the verb 'contain' or 'bind'. Concepts do not perform actions. Space is a sheer deprivation and it is truly a sign of the times that people so fawn over the name 'space'.
Does God Refer to Concept?
And so we end with the Almighty. Above we already explained that God has Form. This clearly written in Sacred Scripture in many places. Now, how do we reconcile this with other more conceptual descriptions of God for example "God is Love . . . " from the first letter of John. Love refers to concept. Could God possibly destroy everything I just said above about the two categories of language? Could God refer to both Object and Concept??? I guess so. The reason is because the Trinitarian relations are essential to God's Form. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit (Three Forms) are consubstantial (One Form), and this consubstantiation is based on what we call Procession or Generation. The Father is eternally generating the Son; the Father and the Son are eternally generating the Spirit in a single moving relation that is God.
And so philosophers and theologians talk about these ideas such as God is pure act or in God "being is doing and doing is being." Is God a noun ... Or a verb? Perhaps both. In God, Object is Concept and Concept is Object. In God, Form is Relation and Relation is Form. This defies all my rational discourse above. And so be it.
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