" For example, there’s the symbol grounding
problem: how can representations come to mean anything about the world, when all we have
access to are other representations?"
There is a solution to this in which we should trust : a representation which have been confirmed by experience in a determined context can be transferred in another context with analog forms.
I can take the exemple of vacuum energy in quantum mechanics which can be treated with analog concepts of Planck model of the black body radiation.
How to Unsplit the World: Quantum mechanics, cognitive science, and the subject-
An interesting problem in the conception object-subject split is the photo-electric phenomena: in classical experience there is no current when the tension is under a certain value (object-subject split: the photon and the electron). In quantum mechanics there is always a probabilty to extract at least one electron from the cathod and it can reach the anod. The duration of extracting is kown about 1E-7 second so there is a cuurent not equal to zero eventhogh the tension is very low: a current about 1E-12 ampere (object-subjcet unsplit). This experience can be a way to determine the quantum of power.
About the 4-vector identity in Restreint Relativity see my article:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366986670_The_Quantum_of_Power?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ
In tha same context see also my book:
https://www.mightyape.com.au/product/vacuum-energy-levels/35044171
It speaks about the new universal constant to be the links for the 4-vector identity.
A first article to be familiar with the 4-vector identity by equations:
https://vixra.org/abs/2310.0076
Amanda Gefter
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You answered my question!
Your essay led me to the solution!
The answer is, "the spectrum of interactions between harder shapes and softer shapes." ("more rigid" is more accurate than "harder", but harder rolls off the tongue easier)
The questions are, "What bridges the split between subject and object?" and "What connects Quantum mechanics and Classical mechanics?" There are actually a huge number of questions that this answer applies to.
The cliffs of Dover are a hard shape. The waves in the ocean are soft shapes. Multiple actions occur when an ocean wave hits a rock cliff. 1) Water bounces off of stone. 2) The wave "shape" reflects from the cliff "shape". 3) Stone shakes/vibrates from the impact of water. 4) The water wave "shape" converts to a sound wave "shape" and continues moving forward through the rock.
Soft shapes pass through one another easily. Harder shapes are more likely to shatter when they collide.
Multiple softer, or lower amplitude, or smaller, shapes can exist within and upon a harder, higher amplitude, larger shape. Different speeds also alter the relative rigidity of shapes.
Some things are very hard to see (perceive), until you see them, then you can't avoid seeing them. I've been able to see this soft shapes to hard shapes continuum for a while now, but I couldn't put it into easy words. Thank you very much for your essay. It improved my understanding.
The foundation of the universe is the vibration of various energy fields; all particles and phenomena are different excitation states of a unified field. Matter does not possess a fixed entity—there are only ever-changing vibrational patterns.
The subject (consciousness) and the object (matter, space) are not absolutely separate, but rather different manifestations of the same vibrational field. The division between subject and object is merely a product of cognition and language at the interface of bodily perception; in reality, the subject and object are always in a state of dynamic coupling and resonance.
Phenomena in quantum mechanics—such as subject-object coupling, the measurement paradox, and the irreducibility of Planck's constant—precisely reflect the inseparability and wholeness of subject and object.
Quantum mechanics reveals the inseparability of subject and object: the act of measurement itself is the coupling and reorganization of the vibrational field. Any "phenomenon" is the product of subject-object coupling and cannot be reduced to a purely "thing" or "mind."
Experience is neither purely subjective nor purely objective; it is the concrete manifestation of the vibrational field under specific conditions. The interaction between subject and object is the process by which the universe becomes self-aware through its own vibrations.
Philosophical perspectives such as participatory realism, pure experience, and co-emergence are highly consistent with the "wholeness" and "unity" emphasized by the Vibrational Emptiness Unified Field theory.
Cognition is not a passive mapping of the object by the subject, but rather the resonance and coupling of the subject-object vibrational field. Experience itself is an undivided holistic activity—a self-manifestation of the unified field.
Subject and object are not absolutely separate; they are different manifestations within the unified field. "Cognition" and "existence" are different aspects of the same vibrational field.
Buddhist philosophy, especially the Madhyamaka school, fundamentally critiques the division between subject and object. Buddhism holds that the subject-object split is a cognitive attachment—a manifestation of ignorance. The main Buddhist viewpoints are as follows:
- Non-self (Anātman/Śūnyatā): Neither the "subject" (self, mind, cognizer) nor the "object" (external world, the known) possesses an independent, fixed, or eternal essence. All phenomena are temporary aggregates, arising through dependent origination and mutual interdependence.
- Emptiness of Dependent Origination: All phenomena (including subject and object) arise due to causes and conditions, and cease when those causes and conditions dissipate. There is no inherent self-nature. The distinction between subject and object is only a construct of language and concepts; in reality, there is no such division.