Sassoli de Bianchi, Massimiliano and Sozzo, Sandro (2026) A Conceptuality-Interpretation Perspective on Reality. Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, and Meaning. [Preprint]
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The conceptuality interpretation, proposed by Diederik Aerts in 2009, is presented here as a possible theoretical perspective for achieving a unified understanding of many fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics and relativity. After discussing the notion of reality and the role of choice and possibility in the construction of the real, we note how the interpretation emerges from the successes of quantum cognition, and show how it allows us to reinterpret phenomena and experiments such as the double-slit experiment, quantum erasure, entanglement, Bose–Einstein condensation, and the measurement problem by assigning a central role to dynamics governed by meaning, within a pancognitivist perspective. It is further suggested that the metric of relativistic spacetime can also be coherently understood using the same interpretive key. Quantum mechanics and relativity would thus find, in the conceptuality interpretation, an ontological and foundational framework capable of making them not only more intelligible but, in some respects, even intuitive. The price to be paid for this explanatory advantage, however, is that we must relinquish the idea that we live in a world populated primarily by spatiotemporal entities, and instead conceive of reality as a fundamentally cognitive-conceptual structure, in which every interaction ultimately takes the form of a communication.
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| Additional Information: | This contribution was prepared for the international conference “Educazione, Formazione, Spiritualità,” to be held on June 8–9, 2026, at the Villa Reale in Monza, as part of the public program of the exhibition UR-RA – Unity of Religions, Responsibility of Art, dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto. | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Conceptuality interpretation; Quantum foundations; Double-slit experiment; Relativity theory; Meaning and reality; Pancognitivism; Zipf’s law; Choice and potentiality | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2026 14:02 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2026 14:02 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 29912 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Date: | 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/29912 |
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