The Categorial Error Unveiled: Towards a Structural-Operative Turn in the Foundations of Physics

This final synthesis integrates the nine preceding works in the series on the categorial error in fundamental physics. It demonstrates that the most persistent problems in contemporary physics—the cosmological constant, quantum measurement, the unification of forces, the nature of time, and the interpretation of the Big Bang—share a common root: a cascade of illegitimate conceptual projections where successful formal tools (gauge symmetry, zero-point energy, cosmological time, the FLRW metric) are reified into ontological principles and narrativized as cosmic history. The categorial analysis dissolves these pseudoproblems and reveals a unified pattern of misunderstanding. As a consequence, we propose an epistemological reset based on structural-operative understanding, which redefines the goal of fundamental physics. The legitimate question is no longer "what is the theory of everything?" but "what primitive operational principles (quantum, causal, informational) make the emergence of the phenomenology we observe inevitable?". We illustrate the power of this framework with a culminating case study: the categorial demystification of the Big Bang as a singular historical event. We conclude by outlining a minimalist and self-aware research program, where physics ceases to be archaeology of an origin and becomes the cartography of possible coherences.