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  • Philosophy of Science

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  • The prevailing scientific paradigm's philosophical roots traced to Plato, Descartes, and Newton.
  • Modern science faces a crisis, particularly in physics, stemming from challenges to classical objectivism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the need for regrounding natural science in phenomenological philosophy.
  • To analyze the crisis in modern physics and its philosophical implications.

Main Methods:

  • Interpreting Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics in light of experimental challenges.
  • Applying phenomenological philosophy, specifically Merleau-Ponty's concept of depth, to theoretical physics.
  • Utilizing qualitative work with topology and hypercomplex numbers.

Main Results:

  • Einstein's attempts to resolve discontinuity in relativity led to unforeseen consequences.
  • Quantum mechanics also grapples with unavoidable discontinuity, culminating in the problem of quantum gravity.
  • Modern physics phenomena indicate a merging of subject and object, challenging Cartesian philosophy.

Conclusions:

  • Phenomenology offers a necessary philosophical foundation for contemporary theoretical physics.
  • Topological phenomenology provides a framework for addressing quantum gravity.
  • A new paradigm integrating subjective experience with objective phenomena is required.