Unification Through Dissipation: Four Fundamental Interactions as Regimes of a Single Process
Abstract
We propose an ontological unification of the four fundamental interactions based on dissipative process monism. Rather than treating gravity, electromagnetism, weak, and strong interactions as independent phenomena requiring separate mathematical frameworks, we demonstrate that they represent different regimes andgeometries of a single underlying process—the dissipation of actualization flux. Gravity emerges as global screening, electromagnetism as stationary centrifugal translation, weak interaction as topological reconfiguration, and strong interactio as local configuration stabilization. This framework explains the hierarchy of interaction strengths, the variation in ranges, parity violation in weak interaction, an asymptotic freedom in strong interaction as natural consequences of dissipative mechanics. We demonstrate that current mathematical theories (general relativity gauge theory) correctly describe the effective dynamics while the dissipative frame work reveals the underlying ontological process. Testable predictions distinguishin this approach from standard theory are provided.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
- Publication date
- 10 January 2026
- Language
- EN