Gravitational Coalescence Paradox and Cosmogenetic Causality in Quantum Astrophysical Cosmology

Table of Contents
Preface..........................................................................................................................5
Abbreviations..........................................................................................................17
Part I. Ontological and Epistemological Revisions
Towards Cosmogenetic Philosophy
Chapter 1. Towards a Philosophy of Cosmogenesis.............................21
1.1 Widest Possibilities in Cosmogenetic Science and Philosophy.......22
1.2 The Proposal: Generalized Cosmogenetic
Philosophy and Science........................................................................25
1.3 An Interpreted Pre-history of Cosmogenetic Generalization.........28
1.4 Necessity of a Cosmology of Maximal-Medial-Minimal
Possibilities.............................................................................................32
1.5 Systemic Purpose of Gravitational Coalescence
Cosmology (GCC)................................................................................36
1.6 Statement of the Main Theses of GCC................................................40
1.7 Entities Relativized, or Causal Processes............................................42
1.8 Process as the Primary Nature of All Existents.................................47
1.9 Extension-Change, Space-Time, Stability-Activity:
Not Equivalents.....................................................................................51
1.10 Ontological Basis of Space-Time Connection
and Difference........................................................................................59
1.11 Real Possibility in Processes as Causal Possibility.............................62
1.12 Infinite Spiral-Dimensional Extension-Change,
Spacetime, Eternity................................................................................65
1.13 Convergent Propositional Regress Theory
of Truth Probabilities............................................................................73
1.14 Procedure and Rationale of the Inquiry.............................................78
1.15 Gist of Arguments in GCC...................................................................83
Chapter 2. Cosmogenesis and the Law of Causality.............................91
2.1 Law of Causality and Types of Processual Entities...........................91
2.2 Epistemic-Statistical Causality and the Law
of Out-There Causality...................................................................... 102
2.3 Some Epistemological Presuppositions........................................... 105
2.4 Glaring Defects of Traditional Cosmological Arguments............ 109
2.5 Critique of ‘Cause’ in “Everything has cause/s”.............................. 113
2.6 Critique of ‘Cause’ in “The whole needs a cause”........................... 116
2.7 Critique of ‘Cause’ in “The cause of the whole is not itself ”......... 117
2.8 Critique of ‘Cause’ in “The ultimate cause is unchanging”........... 119
2.9 Universal Causality: Constitutive plus Originative Causality...... 120
2.10 Domain of Reason Accessed and of Questions Posed................... 121
Chapter 3. Causal Horizonal Research: Methodology
of Cosmogenetic Ontology...................................................... 129
3.1 Token Processes, Natural Kinds, Universals,
Modality, Causality............................................................................. 129
3.2 Preliminaries to the Notion of the Causal Horizon....................... 133
3.3 Cosmological Concept of the Causal Horizon............................... 137
3.4 Characteristics of the Causal Horizon............................................. 142
3.5 CHR and Mathematics as Tools of Physics and Cosmology........ 144
3.6 Basic Ontological Laws of Physical Processes in CHR.................. 151
3.7 CHR as Explication of the Law of Causality in Cosmology......... 156
3.8 Generally Causal-Horizonal Questions in Big Bang Theory........ 162
3.9 Prospects of Causal Horizonal Research beyond Cosmology...... 169
Part II. Physical and Astrophysical
Context of Cosmogenesis
Chapter 4. Universal Causality and the Quantum World............... 175
4.1 Ontological Commitment in Causal Concepts.............................. 175
4.2 Definitions: Particular-Scientific and Universal
Laws of Causality................................................................................ 186
4.3 David Hume, Nancy Cartwright, and Judea Pearl
on Causality......................................................................................... 188
4.4 Step I: Causal Ubiquity in EPR Entanglement Experiments........ 191
4.5 Step II: Observables, Algorithms, and Perspectival Absolutism......197
4.6 Laplacean Causalism, Duality-Complementarity,
Concreta-Abstracta............................................................................ 203
4.7 Causal Solutions in Double Slit Experiment and
Uncertainty Principle......................................................................... 209
4.8 Superluminally Local-Causal Solution to Entanglement
Experiments........................................................................................ 216
4.9 Superluminal Causality as Permissible in STR............................... 219
4.10 Superluminal Causality and the Infinite- /
Finite-Content Cosmos..................................................................... 222
4.11 Micro- and Macro-Cosmic Causal Realism
and Continuity.................................................................................... 226
Chapter 5. Cosmogenesis in the Big Bang Universe Theory.......... 233
5.1 Early 20th Century Causal Cosmology............................................. 233
5.2 Causal Big Bang and Non-causal Inflation?.................................... 237
5.3 Causal Big Bang Black Hole: Singularity,
Expansion, Contraction..................................................................... 242
5.4 Finite- or Infinite-Content Singularity and Universe?.................. 244
5.5 Cosmologically Causal-Horizonal Big Bang Strings
and Superstrings................................................................................. 249
5.6 Cosmologically Causal-Horizonal Nature of Singularity.............. 256
5.7 Cosmological Horizon and Extension-Change Finiteness........... 267
5.8 Causality in the Inflationary-Gravitational
Data of Cosmic Evolution................................................................. 271
5.9 Causal-Horizonal Problem: Origin of
Open / Closed / Flat Cosmos............................................................ 277
Chapter 6. Cosmogenesis in Quantum Cosmology........................... 281
6.1 Primordial Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations:
Classical or Non-classical?................................................................ 281
6.2 Self-Generating Universal Quantum State?.................................... 289
6.3 Universal Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations
and Matter-Energy Creation............................................................. 294
6.4 “Spontaneous” and Universal Particle-Antiparticle Creation...... 302
6.5 Vacuum Fluctuation and Universal “Potential”
Dark Energy........................................................................................ 309
6.6 Absolute Vacuum, Expansion of Space,
and Creation of Energy...................................................................... 315
6.7 Finite Symmetry Breaking and Infinite Non-causal
Quantum Creation............................................................................. 322
6.8 Quantum Tunnelling and Extra-Spatial-Dimensional
QM Cosmology.................................................................................. 328
6.9 Everett’s Parallel Universes Critiqued.............................................. 337
6.10 Transcending Quantum Decoherence and
Parallel Universes............................................................................... 346
6.11 Causality in Trans-World Identity and Parallel Universes............ 348
6.12 Continuous Causal Coalescences of Local Inflations
and Deflations..................................................................................... 352
Part III. Gravitational Coalescence Cosmology
and Cosmogenesis
Chapter 7. Cosmogenetic Mathematics and Physics
of Big Bang Singularities......................................................... 363
7.1 Big Bang Black Hole and Mathematical Singularity...................... 363
7.2 Physical Existence, Mathematical Perfection,
Whole-Part Fallacy............................................................................. 372
7.3 Origin of Matter-Energy in Infinity-Zero
Mathematical Fields........................................................................... 376
7.4 Graphical Dilemma of Perfect Symmetry
in Causal Cosmology......................................................................... 378
7.5 Extension-Change Nature of Macrocosmic
Causality in Singularity...................................................................... 384
7.6 Physical Examples of Mis-absolutization of Mathematics............ 387
7.7 Equating Extension-Change and Mathematical Singularities?.... 397
7.8 Solution: Causal Ubiquity in Big Bang Causal Horizon................ 405
Chapter 8. Cosmogenetic Ontology of Mathematically
Dimensionless Physical Singularity................................... 411
8.1 Physical Ontology of the Singularity Cosmos................................ 411
8.2 Philosophical Cosmology Based on Singularity Cosmology?...... 416
8.3 General-Ontological Laws and Mathematico-Cosmological
Existence.............................................................................................. 421
8.4 Mathematico-Logical Epistemology:
Mis-absolutized Infinities-Zeroes.................................................... 439
8.5 Renormalizing the Causal Horizon of Singularities...................... 449
Chapter 9. Gravitational Coalescence Cosmology: Part I.............. 459
9.1 Riemannian Geometry vs. Infinite Multiverse Cosmology.......... 459
9.2 Generalized Philosophical-Cosmological Questions
on Dark Energy................................................................................... 462
9.3 Generalized Philosophical Questions in Cosmogenetics............. 471
9.4 The Broader Scenario of Dissidence against the
Big Bang Solution............................................................................... 477
9.5 State of the Cosmos beyond Big Bangs and Singularities............. 490
9.6 Philosophical-Cosmological Support for GCC.............................. 493
Chapter 10. Gravitational Coalescence Cosmology: Part II.......... 501
10.1 Rationale of Transition from Cosmology
to GCC Cosmogenetics..................................................................... 502
10.2 Theoretical Necessity of GCC and Its Range
of Applicability.................................................................................... 510
10.3 Preliminary Arguments in GCC Elaborated.................................. 515
10.4 Riemannian Solution of “Finite-yet-Unbounded”
Universe: Summary............................................................................ 522
10.5 Leading to the Gravitational Coalescence Paradox (GCP)........... 526
10.6 The Problem: Gravitational Coalescence Paradox (GCP)............ 545
10.7 GCC: Infinite-Eternal Pan-creativist
Pan-concretist Pan-en-theism.......................................................... 547
Chapter 11. Universal Causality: Constitutive and
Pan-creatively Originative Causation.............................. 563
11.1 Cosmological and Philosophical Prospects
of GCC and CHR................................................................................ 563
11.2 Redefining the Universal Law of Causality..................................... 568
11.3 Law of Causality, Scientific Causality, Non-causality.................... 574
11.4 Universal Causal Continuity and Non-causality
in Cosmology...................................................................................... 578
11.5 Science, Philosophy, and Philosophical Cosmology...................... 580
11.6 Continuous Creation, or Continuous Originative Causation...... 583
11.7 Pan-creativist and Pan-concretist Pan-en-theism.......................... 585
11.8 Nature and “Limits” of the Source................................................... 590
11.9 Nature and Necessity of Consciousness and Soul.......................... 597
11.10 Rationality of Ethical Responsibility and
Religious Action................................................................................. 601
11.11 A Summary of the New Philosophical Cosmology....................... 607
Bibliography......................................................................................................... 619
Index........................................................................................................................ 637