TFNR - The Dimensionalities / Dimensions of Reality
Dimensionalities of Reality
While dimensions are intended as ways of observing the world, the Universe, and all the Forms that compose it, dimensionalities are to be considered fundamental emerging Properties of the two components of the Source of Reality. Dimensionalities are the roots of the Dimensions through which we observe and experience Reality.
Dimensionality is the principal expression of Agency—the capacity to produce Action, inhomogeneities in the distributions of Events. Agency is the power/capacity/ability to act, to make Events happen, to create Reality and make it evolve. It is the primary functional manifestation of the Primary Source. Only Events possess real significance (Action) as manifestations of Existence, and each Event occurs within a frame of reference—a dimensional Field.
The active side/aspect of the Source, the Fundamental Force, expresses itself through a dimensionality known as Causality. This is the causal aspect of Creation and Evolution of Reality. It arises from the active aspects of Agency, referred to as Agents / Forces.
The passive side/aspect of the Source, the Elementary Field, expresses itself through a dimensionality known as Variationality (Spatiality and Temporality). This represents the spatial and temporal dimensionalities of Creation and Evolution—the two sub-Processes of the Formation of Reality. It emerges from the passive elements of Agency, referred to as Acted / Fields.
In a relational approach to the study of Nature, dimensionality is a Property that emerges from the Relation between the two fundamental aspects of the Source and the Derived Sources—between Fundamental Force/Derived Forces and Elementary Field/Derived Felds, from the interaction between the Action of the Forces and the effects they produce in the Fields. Hence, dimensionality—like other fundamental characteristics of Reality—must be understood as a relational property with reference to Events. In this sense, we may say that dimensionality does not exist—it happens. It is a phenomenon, a product of the dynamic interplay between the two aspects of the Source of Reality.
Dimensionalities of Reality -> Dimensions of Reality
- Causality -> Cause
- Variationality -> Variation (*)
- Spatiality -> Space
- Temporality -> Time
(*) Variation as a Dimension of Reality is considered only through its two components Space and Time. For Variation more properly we intend the first of the Modes / Components of Action, the other two being Propagation and Conservation.
Dimensionalities of Physical Reality
Expression of the Dimensionalities of Reality in the physical domain of Nature. Let us attempt to revisit what has just been said regarding dimensionalities in general, with reference to the entirety of Reality—both in its physical and cognitive aspects—and try to articulate it specifically within the physical domain.
While physical dimensions are intended as ways of observing the world, the Physical Universe and all the Physical Forms that compose it, physical dimensionalities are to be considered fundamental emerging Properties of the two aspects of the Primary Source of Reality.
Dimensionality is the principal expression of Physical Agency—the capacity to produce Physical Action, inhomogeneities in the distributions of Elementary Events, and the more complex Physical Events that characterize the Physical Phenomena. Physical Agency is the power/capacity/ability to act, to make Elementary Events / Physical Events happen, to create Physical Reality and make it evolve. Physical Agency is the main functional expression of the Source. Only Physical Events have real significance (Physical Action) as manifestations of Existence in a physical sense and each Physical Event occurs within a frame of reference, a dimensional field.
The active side, or aspect, of the Source, the Fundamental Force, expresses itself through a dimensionality known as Physical Causality. This is the causal aspect of Creation and Evolution of Reality in its physical domain. It arises from the active aspects of Physical Agency, referred to as Physical Agents / Forces.
The passive side/aspect of the Source, the Elementary Field, expresses itself through a dimensionality known as Physical Variationality (Physical Spatiality and Physical Temporality). This represents the spatial and temporal side of Physical Creation and Physical Evolution—together forming the Formation of Physical Reality. It emerges from the passive elements of Agency, referred to as Physical Acted / Fields.
In a relational approach to the study of Nature, dimensionality is a Property emerging from the relation between the two fundamental aspects of the Source and the Physical Sources—between Force/Physical Forces and Field/Physical Fields, from the relation between the Action of the Forces and the effects they produce in the physical domain of Nature, acting on Physical Fields. Hence, physical dimensionality—like other fundamental characteristics of Reality—must be understood as a relational property with reference to Physical Events. In this sense, we may say that dimensionality does not exist—it happens. It is a Phenomenon, a product of the internal dynamic interaction between the two aspects of the Source of Reality.
Dimensionalities of Physical Reality | Dimensions of Physical Reality
- Physical Causality -> Cause in Physical Reality
- Physical Variationality -> Physical Variation (*) -> Perturbation
(*) Physical Variation as a Dimension of Physical Reality is considered only through its two physical components—Space and Time. For Variation, more properly, we refer to the first of the Modes / Components of Physical Action, which I call Perturbation, the other two being Translation and Rotation.
Dimensions of Reality
While dimensionalities are to be considered fundamental emerging Properties of the two aspects of the Source of Reality, Dimensions are intended as ways of observing the world, the Universe, and all the Forms that compose it.
We can observe and measure Reality in three fundamental directions, corresponding to the three fundamental emerging Properties of the manifestations of the Source: Cause (or Force), Space, and Time—dimensions that directly derive from the mentioned corresponding dimensionalities.
These three fundamental directions of observation take on somewhat different characteristics depending on the domain of Reality we wish to consider: physical or cognitive. I remind you that this distinction serves purely descriptive purposes. Reality is a single, unified Process.
We can observe and measure Physical Reality in three fundamental directions, corresponding to the three fundamental emerging properties of the manifestations of the Source: Cause (or Force), Space, and Time—dimensions that directly derive from the corresponding dimensionalities.
In the field of Cognitive Reality, within the metaphysical domain composed of Immaterial Forms and Cognitive Forms (Information at the higher levels of Complexity), in certain areas and for specific aspects, causal and spatial-temporal dimensions assume different forms and may be transcended (e.g. products of imaginative thought, dreams, hallucinations, metaphysical descriptive models, "exotic" physical theories). In this domain of Reality, the perception and cognitive modelling of the dimensions of Physical Reality become particularly relevant.
Dimensions of Physical Reality
As I briefly mentioned above, in the field of Evolutionary Physics, three fundamental dimensions of Physical Reality are identified:
- the causal dimension (Cause, or Force),
- the spatial dimension ("Space", the spatial structure that integrates the three classical spatial dimensions)
- the temporal dimension ("Time"),
dimensions that directly derive from the corresponding dimensionalities.
The spatial dimension, referred to as "spatial distance", can be represented through various systems of spatial "three coordinates" (rectangular, polar, cylindrical, etc.) and combined with the temporal dimension to form the four-dimensional Space-time continuum.
The three fundamental dimensions of Reality—Cause, Space and Time—manifest within continuous domains, which embody essential Properties of the foundational sub-Entity I refer to as the Elementary Field. All three dimensional realms are only observable as relative quantities—relative to the distributions of the Elementary Events, and consequently to the Elementary Action.
Causality and Space-time emerge simultaneously from the intrinsic interaction between the two aspects of the Primary Source. Causality is not prior to Variationality, to Space-time. These are coexisting Properties and Behaviors of the Source—of Reality—manifesting concurrently and incapable of existing independently. Every expression of Causality possesses its own Variational counterpart; every cause produces an effect, to use a familiar yet profoundly meaningful expression, deeply rooted even in traditional Knowledge Systems.
It is within the Property I call "Agency" of the Primary Source that we must seek the origin of Causality and Variation. It is through Agency that the causal Action of the Force upon the Field generates Physical Reality and all fundamental Physical Phenomena:
- Space-time and metric phenomena
- Mass and gravitational phenomena
- Motion and kinetic phenomena
- Charge and electric phenomena
- Spin and magnetic phenomena
expressions of the Derived Physical Forces and Derived Physical Fields active—operating—in Nature.
See also
- TFNR - Causality / Cause
- TFNR - Variationality / Variation
- TFNR - Spatiality / Space
- TFNR - Temporality / Time
- TFNR - The causal evolution of Reality
- TFNR - The main causal chain of Reality
- TFNR - The variational (spatial and temporal) evolution of Reality
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