Moderate Relational Physics

Assuming First Principles Physics is rooted in empirical observation, but inherently it must rely on certain ontological principles as a precondition to ground it. Physics is unable to provide its own foundation and must look to metaphysics. All physical theories...

“Shut up and calculate!” This was the rallying cry for a generation of physicists who grew impatient with interpretation and concerned themselves with what could be predicted and verified. Empirical traction often requires interpretive restraint and theories are...

Suppose a universe exists that contains only a single pulse of light. No particles, clocks, observers, atoms, stars, or ambient temperature. The universe contains nothing except this one photon, an isolated pulse of electromagnetic radiation, a wave suspended in...

What if the most fundamental concept in physics didn’t exist, or at least not as we think it does? Begin with a simple case from everyday experience. You're sitting motionless on a couch in your living room. It's quiet. You're still. But are you moving? Experience...