If the universe is intelligible because it is actualised through relational perspective, then every phenomenon is inseparable from the act of construal itself. There is no “unconstrued” reality lurking behind appearances; there is only what becomes intelligible through relational differentiation.
Instances as Cuts
Every object, event, or law is an instance of relational potential, actualised through a perspectival cut. A galaxy is not simply “there” in space; it is made intelligible by the relational distinctions that define it. A particle does not exist independently; it is an actualisation of structured possibilities.
This extends beyond physics: even abstract structures, from mathematics to physical laws, are first-order phenomena of relational construal. They exist because they can be made intelligible within the network of potentials.
Reality Emerges Through Actualisation
Reality is not pre-given; it emerges through the process of actualisation. This is not idealism—the universe is not “in our minds”—but a radical relationality in which intelligibility and existence co-arise. What appears as the “universe” is a field of potentialities shaped by perspectival cuts, made coherent through patterns of differentiation.
Implications for Understanding Spacetime and Matter
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Spacetime is a phenomenon, not a container.
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Matter and energy are intelligible only as actualised potentials.
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Laws of nature are descriptions of relational regularities, not prescriptions imposed upon reality.
In the next post, we will explore spacetime itself as a phenomenon, showing how notions of duration, distance, and temporal ordering emerge from relational actualisation rather than existing independently.
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