History and Philosophy of Physics

   

On the Ontological Prerequisites of Initial Cosmological Conditions and the Limits of Physicalist Causality

Authors: Isaac Cohan

Modern cosmological models frequently posit that the universe emerged from a quantum vacuum or a zero-energy state, eectively asserting that the cosmos originated from nothing. This paper examines the logical, statistical, and informational limitations of such physicalist models. By analyzing the informational prerequisites of quantum uctuations, energy conservation, the statistical probability of universal metaphysical intuition, and the ontological anomaly of human consciousness, we argue that physical laws are non-contingent informational boundaries that can-not account for their own existence. The invocation of mathematical laws to explain the origin of the universe therefore necessitates a pre-existing, non-contingent source of that information. We further address prominent objections from evolutionary psychology, animal cognition research, and information-theoretic formalism to strengthen the case that a purely physicalist framework provides an incomplete accounting of reality.

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