The history of philosophy has often unfolded in dialogue with the dominant forms of physical theory. While Newtonian gravitation supported the rise of concepts such as synthetic a priori judgment, logical positivism, causality, and dichotomous logic, post-Einsteinian quantum physics unsettles these foundations, redirecting attention toward quantum openness, universal interconnectedness, and probabilistic logic. This transformation calls for a renewed metaphysical reflection. In this regard, the notion of yinyang (陰陽) in the East Asian tradition offers a promising conceptual resource. From this perspective, domains once treated as resistant to…
The history of philosophy has often unfolded in dialogue with the dominant forms of physical theory. While Newtonian gravitation supported the rise of concepts such as synthetic a priori judgment, logical positivism, causality, and dichotomous logic, post-Einsteinian quantum physics unsettles these foundations, redirecting attention toward quantum openness, universal interconnectedness, and probabilistic logic. This transformation calls for a renewed metaphysical reflection. In this regard, the notion of yinyang (陰陽) in the East Asian tradition offers a promising conceptual resource. From this perspective, domains once treated as resistant to systematic articulation—such as ordinary language and consciousness—may be reconsidered within a more integrated and dynamically relational philosophical framework.
