This work proposes a conceptual and ontological reformulation of classical dynamics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics based on a single postulate: dissipation is a fundamental property of all physical processes. Traditional dynamics relies on the idealization of isolated, reversible systems, yet no real physical system satisfies such conditions. By introducing an intrinsic dissipative energy term into the equations of motion, we suggest that dissipation entails an irreversible loss of physical information, from which a classical uncertainty principle naturally follows. Stationary states are reinterpreted as zero‑dissipation configurations, lacking internal temporal evolution, thereby offering an ontological basis for quantization, non‑locality, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Quantum mechanics can thus be viewed as the mathematical description of these stationary states and of the dissipative transitions connecting them. The framework is conceptually consistent with fluctuation‑dissipation theory, open‑system quantum dynamics, decoherence theory, and relaxation phenomena in NMR spectroscopy. Several experimental proposals are outlined to discriminate this ontological model from both classical mechanics and standard quantum mechanics.
This work proposes a conceptual and ontological reformulation of classical dynamics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics based on a single postulate: dissipation is a fundamental property of all physical processes. Traditional dynamics relies on the idealization of isolated, reversible systems, yet no real physical system satisfies such conditions. By introducing an intrinsic dissipative energy term into the equations of motion, we suggest that dissipation entails an irreversible loss of physical information, from which a classical uncertainty principle naturally follows. Stationary states are reinterpreted as zero‑dissipation configurations, lacking internal temporal evolution, thereby offering an ontological basis for quantization, non‑locality, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Quantum mechanics can thus be viewed as the mathematical description of these stationary states and of the dissipative transitions connecting them. The framework is conceptually consistent with fluctuation‑dissipation theory, open‑system quantum dynamics, decoherence theory, and relaxation phenomena in NMR spectroscopy. Several experimental proposals are outlined to discriminate this ontological model from both classical mechanics and standard quantum mechanics.
We propose an ontological reformulation of quantum mechanics based on a fundamental distinction between static states and dissipative processes. Static states are time‑independent configurations of charge or matter density, devoid of internal dynamics. Dissipative processes, in contrast, involve real changes in density, energy loss, and irreversibility. This distinction enables a coherent and realistic reinterpretation of electronic orbitals, spin, atomic transitions, nuclear decay, tunneling, and entanglement. We show that every emission or absorption event requires dissipation, and that in an ensemble of excited systems the number of ideal observable transitions is always smaller than the number of initially excited systems. We extend the framework to nuclear structure and quantum correlations, highlighting the conceptual continuity of the theory and its compatibility with the thermodynamics of information.
We propose a unified ontological framework in which the fundamental distinction is not between quantum states and dynamical processes, but between static configurations with no internal current and dissipative processes characterized by energy loss and irreversibility. Static states describe atomic orbitals, nuclear levels, spin, entangled states, and metastable configurations, whereas every real transition—emission, absorption, decay, tunneling, measurement—requires a dissipative channel (Breuer & Petruccione 2002; Weiss 2012). We extend the framework to black holes, interpreted as surfaces of total dissipation: at the horizon, the cost of the links of the physical network diverges, preventing any internal dynamics and producing ontological demolition. The emitted radiation is generated by external dissipative relaxation, not from the interior (Hawking 1975; Unruh 1976), and carries sub‑threshold information. We show that in this scheme wormholes cannot emerge, since the internal region lacks topology, space, and time. Gravity emerges as a deformation of minimal paths in the external network, while dark energy is interpreted as dissipative metastability of the links. The framework provides a coherent conceptual basis for atomic, nuclear, gravitational, and cosmological phenomena, in continuity with our previous ScienceOpen publications dedicated to dissipation as the foundation of microscopic physics (Bornacin 2026a, 2026b, 2026c).
The present paper interprets quantum mechanics within the ontological framework of the Theory of Consciousness. The Theory posits consciousness as the sole ontological reality, formally described as a topological space, and derives all physical phenomena as manifestations of the local knowledge of the observer. Within this framework the five principal phenomena of quantum mechanics —superposition, wave-function collapse, the uncertainty principle, quantization, and entanglement — are shown to arise necessarily from the axiomatic ontological chain of consciousness without introducing new postulates. Quantum indeterminacy is reinterpreted not as a fundamental property of matter but as a structural limitation of the observer’s local knowledge. The Planck constant is identified with the minimum resolvable change of the knowledge structure of the quantum observer. The conceptual paradoxes of quantum mechanics—the measurement problem, non-locality, and the probabilistic nature of results — dissolve once consciousness is restored as the ontological foundation.
Classical physics is traditionally characterized as deterministic and founded on the real number continuum, while quantum mechanics is distinguished by its indeterminism and fundamental uncertainty relations. This apparent dichotomy, however, obscures a deeper continuity. We argue that both frameworks embody a common ontological principle: the physical prohibition of absolute precision. In classical physics, this prohibition is implicit, manifesting in information-theoretic bounds, the non-physicality of infinite-precision initial conditions (chaos theory), and the breakdown of determinism in singular configurations (Norton's dome). These phenomena reveal that the classical reliance on mathematical real numbers with infinite information content is an unphysical idealization. Quantum mechanics, by contrast, does not merely reflect this prohibition; it provides its precise quantitative expression. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle σxσp≥ℏ/2 and the non-commutative structure of observables are the exact mathematical formulation of the fact that physical information is fundamentally finite. The Planck constant ℏ is the universal scale that quantifies the minimal phase space volume—the “atom” of information—below which no further refinement is possible. Thus, quantum mechanics is not a separate theory but the completion of classical physics: it supplies the missing quantification of the principle that nature admits no infinite information density, and consequently, no absolutely precise physical quantities.
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle constitutes one of the foundational pillars of quantum mechanics and represents a definitive rupture with the deterministic ideal of classical physics. This work develops a comprehensive analysis of the uncertainty principle from a mathematical, physical, and philosophical perspective, demonstrating that it should not be interpreted as an instrumental or epistemological limitation, but rather as an ontological property inherent to the formalstructure of quantum theory.Within the framework of Hilbert spaces, self-adjoint operators, and non-commutative algebras, it is shown that uncertainty emerges necessarily as a consequence of the structural incompatibility between conjugate observables. The study articulates the uncertainty principle with classical chaos theory and the sciences of complexity, establishing a fundamental distinction between epistemological unpredictability and ontological indeterminacy. While classical chaos preserves well-defined trajectories that are practically inaccessible, quantum mechanics eliminates the very notion of trajectory as a fundamental entity.This rupture manifests itself in the granularity of phase space, the impossibility of defining exact initial conditions, and the consequent reformulation of determinism. Contemporary experimental developments designed to exclude instrumental disturbances are analyzed, reinforcing the ontological interpretation of the uncertainty principle.Finally, the implications for simulation, predictability, and quantumOverall, this work argues that the uncertainty principle does not undermine scientific rationality, but rather redefines itsscope and deepens our understanding of physical reality. Keywords: uncertainty principle; quantum mechanics; mathematical structure; non-commutative operators; chaos theory; complexity; determinism; physical ontology.
Abstract The emergence of definite outcomes from quantum dynamics remains a central conceptual challenge in the foundations of quantum mechanics. While decoherence theory and open quantum systems provide widely accepted mechanisms for the suppression of interference, the relationship between unitary evolution, measurement outcomes, classical behavior, and irreversibility is often treated in fragmented ways. In this working paper, we adopt a dynamical-systems perspective, referred to here as attractor dynamics, in which measurement outcomes and classical states are understood as consequences of stability and basin structure in open quantum evolution. Using minimal Lindblad models and quantum trajectory descriptions, we illustrate how pointer states arise as attractors under coarse-grained dynamics without introducing postulates beyond standard open-system quantum mechanics. This work does not propose new fundamental dynamics. Rather, it offers a conservative conceptual synthesis intended to clarify how measurement, decoherence, and the arrow of time can be viewed within a unified dynamical framework.