TFNR - The Principle of Action and Reaction
The principle of Action and Reaction represents the specification of the Principle of Propagation at the most elementary Level of Physical Reality.
The Principle of Propagation
This Principle states that the mutations described by the Principle of Variation—the incessant variations of the dynamic condition of Entities, the Events—always tend to propagate.
This Principle states that the mutations described by the Principle of Variation — the incessant variations in the dynamic condition of Entities and Events — always tend to propagate.
Any variation of a Field produced by a Force (Event) tends to propagate within the same Field, spatially and temporally, transmitting the Action of those Forces through the Field, propagating Causes and Causality via Action.
Any variation of a Field produced by a Force (Event) tends to propagate within that same Field, spatially and temporally, transmitting the Action of those Forces through the Field and propagating Causes and Causality via Action.
The propagation of Causes and Forces is represented by the extension in Space-time of the effects of the Action produced by those Causes/Forces. Any variation of a Field produced by a Force tends to propagate spatially (and thus conserve itself in time), transmitting the Action of those Forces—the Events—through the Fields, propagating Causality through the propagation of Variationality.
The propagation of Causes and Forces is expressed as the extension in Space‑time of the effects of the Action produced by those Causes/Forces. Any variation of a Field produced by a Force tends to propagate spatially (and thus conserve itself in time), transmitting the Action of those Forces — the Events — through the Fields, propagating Causality through the propagation of Variationality.
The general Principle of Propagation is the foundation of all derived principles of propagation operating at the various Levels of Reality. It is the primary and fundamental expression of Variationality, in the mode we call Spatiality.
At the level of the Elementary Field operates the Principle of Action and Reaction; at the level of Physical Structures of Information the principle of propagation of Information applies, realized for example through the mechanism of "emission and absorption" of photons/e.m. waves.
On a biological level this principle governs the propagation of genetic information mediated by gametes, while on a cognitive level it manifests in the field of communication between individuals, in the various Phenomena related to expression through languages, etc.
The general Principle of Propagation is the foundation of all derived principles of propagation operating at the various Levels of Reality. It is the primary and fundamental expression of Variationality in the mode we call Spatiality.
At the level of the Elementary Field, the Principle of Action and Reaction operates.
At the level of Physical Structures of Information, propagation of Information occurs, for example through the emission and absorption of photons/e.m. waves.
At the biological level, this principle governs the propagation of genetic information mediated by gametes.
At the cognitive level, it manifests in communication between individuals and in the various phenomena related to expression through languages.
The principle of Action and Reaction
As said, this principle is the specification at the most elementary level of Physical Reality of the more general Principle of Propagation (mutations described by the Principle of Variation—the incessant variations of the dinamic conditions of the Entities, the Events—always tend to propagate).
The Principle of Action and Reaction describes the formation of "translational reactions" (Translation), produced by interactions among micro-gradients and aimed at restoring homogeneity, or isotropy, in the pre-temporal distribution of sub-elementary pre-spatial fluctuations.
In common physics, this principle is embodied by Newton's third law, which states that when two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. More generally, we can say that "to every action there is always opposed an equal reaction". In mechanics, the force that produces the reaction is not "caused" by the force that produces the Action. Both forces act simultaneously, without causing each other.
In summary, in this model, the principle of Action and Reaction manifests wherever a Source produces Action, wherever a Force expresses Action upon a Field and the Field reacts by producing a counter‑Force that opposes the first and, in turn, generates Action that we call re‑Action.
The principle manifests wherever a Cause produces effects. These effects will in turn become Causes.
The Principle tells us that the Action manifested by a Field (variation, deformation) as a consequence of the Action expressed by a Force always produces (re‑)Action (the conserving Action).
This re‑Action manifests in the Mode / Component that we here call Translation.
Stated in the terms of the Dynamics of Elementary Action, the elementary pre‑spatial fluctuations and their pre‑temporal distributions at the level of each event‑point produce a reaction: a variation in the temporal prevalence in the orientation of the pre‑spatial fluctuations of adjacent event‑points, tending toward the restoration of dynamic homogeneity.
The Principle of Action and Reaction in the terms of the Dynamics of Elementary Action
Within the Dynamics of Elementary Action, the Principle of Action and Reaction does not appear as a mechanical rule imposed from outside, but as the intrinsic way in which the Elementary Field reorganizes itself whenever an Action is expressed. At the most elementary level, Reality is not a passive medium that “receives” Action; it is a dynamic continuum in which every Action immediately generates a corresponding counter‑Action, arising from the very structure of the Field.
Elementary Action is any local inhomogeneity in the dynamism of an event‑point (or a micro‑region of event‑points) that both varies (according to the Principle of Variation) and propagates (according to the Principle of Propagation). But propagation is never unilateral: it always encounters the Field’s intrinsic tendency to restore dynamic homogeneity. This restoring tendency is precisely what we call Reaction.
Core idea in this model Whenever an Elementary Action perturbs the Field, the Field responds by reorganizing the orientation and temporal prevalence of its sub‑elementary pre‑spatial fluctuations. This reorganization is not an “effect” caused by the Action; it is the Field’s own dynamical expression, emerging simultaneously with the Action itself.
In this sense:
Variation introduces a local asymmetry.
Propagation extends this asymmetry through the Field.
Reaction expresses the Field’s intrinsic drive toward restoring dynamic isotropy.
Action and Reaction are therefore two inseparable aspects of the same dynamical process.
The Field does not “choose” how to react This is not the result of any evaluation, calculation, or decision. The Field does not “compute” a counter‑force. Rather, the counter‑Action emerges point by point, event‑point by event‑point, from the natural composition of the micro‑gradients of Elementary Action.
At each event‑point, the orientation and intensity of the pre‑spatial fluctuations adjust in response to the local imbalance introduced by the Action. This adjustment — influenced by the chaotic, indeterminate fluctuations resonating around the Planck scale — produces the translational counter‑Action that restores homogeneity.
A sub‑elementary perspective From a deeper, sub‑elementary viewpoint, Action and Reaction arise from:
the pre‑spatial fluctuations that constitute the Elementary Field,
their pre‑temporal distributions,
and their incessant micro‑correlations across adjacent event‑points.
When an Action introduces a local asymmetry, the surrounding event‑points adjust their fluctuation patterns, producing a counter‑Action that tends toward restoring isotropy. This is the most elementary form of relational dynamism: Action and Reaction as the Field’s own self‑regulating behavior.
A concrete example Consider the interaction between:
a Translational component of the Field (a potential motion, such as that associated with metric/gravitational gradients), and
the Translational component expressed by an InfoStructure propagating through the Field (its inertial motion).
In the region where this interaction occurs, the Elementary Action associated with the Field’s kinetic potential and the Elementary Action associated with the InfoStructure’s expressed motion compose at each event‑point according to the familiar vector‑composition rule of classical mechanics — though in a less deterministic form that incorporates the stochastic component of sub‑elementary chaotic/indeterminate fluctuations.
This composition produces:
a change in the InfoStructure’s motion (acceleration), and
a counter‑adjustment of the Field, restoring local dynamical balance.
Ontological meaning In this model, the Principle of Action and Reaction expresses:
the relational nature of all dynamical processes,
the self‑regulating character of the Elementary Field,
the co‑construction of Action and counter‑Action,
the intrinsic creativity of Reality at the sub‑elementary level.
Action and Reaction are not two separate forces; they are the dual expression of the same dynamical necessity: the Field’s continuous reorganization in response to Variation and Propagation.
In summary
- Principle of Action and Reaction as a specification of the Principle of Propagation
- The key point here is that propagation is never "one‑way". Every action is already a relation, and reaction is the minimal form of this reciprocity.
- General Principle of Propagation: every action tends to propagate through Space‑time, transferring dynamics, state, Information, or structure from one domain to another.
- Principle of Action and Reaction (specification): every propagation of Action implies a counter‑Action. Reality never undergoes an influence passively, but responds according to its own structures of constraint.
- In the language of this model: every "Operator of Reality" acting upon a system encounters a corresponding structure of response — Evolutionary Dynamics are always co‑constructed by action and counter‑action, never a unilateral causal monologue.
Principle of Action and Reaction as a specification of the Principle of Propagation.
The key point is that propagation is never “one‑way.” Every action is already a relation, and reaction is the minimal form of this reciprocity.
General Principle of Propagation: every action tends to propagate through Space‑time, transferring dynamics, state, Information, or structure from one domain to another.
Principle of Action and Reaction (specification): every propagation of Action implies a counter‑Action. Reality never undergoes an influence passively, but responds according to its own structures of constraint.
In the language of this model: every “Operator of Reality” acting upon a system encounters a corresponding structure of response — Evolutionary Dynamics are always co‑constructed by action and counter‑action, never a unilateral causal monologue.
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