This paper critically analyses different theses of contemporary physicists on becoming and the relationship between time and the natural world. In particular, it examines the attempt to conceive the universe as a timeless reality and the antithetical position in which time is considered the most real and the only truly fundamental aspect of our experience. First, it is emphasised that the two positions cannot both be presented as provable theses, because they are in open contradiction. Then it is clarified that these positions derive from simple presuppositions and constitute non-scientific options that can be refuted philosophically. The conclusions show that even from a naturalistic perspective, becoming remains an undeniable et not merely emergent reality that cannot be scientifically transcended. Furthermore, they highlight that a supposed unity of the universe, besides not being admissible, does not prevent the exclusion that becoming is original.
Ventura, A., I presupposti delle teorie fisiche atemporali e la realtà scientificamente irriducibile del divenire, <<RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA>>, 2025; CXVII (4): 839-860. [doi:10.26350/001050_000536] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/342696]
I presupposti delle teorie fisiche atemporali e la realtà scientificamente irriducibile del divenire
Ventura, Antonino
2025
Abstract
This paper critically analyses different theses of contemporary physicists on becoming and the relationship between time and the natural world. In particular, it examines the attempt to conceive the universe as a timeless reality and the antithetical position in which time is considered the most real and the only truly fundamental aspect of our experience. First, it is emphasised that the two positions cannot both be presented as provable theses, because they are in open contradiction. Then it is clarified that these positions derive from simple presuppositions and constitute non-scientific options that can be refuted philosophically. The conclusions show that even from a naturalistic perspective, becoming remains an undeniable et not merely emergent reality that cannot be scientifically transcended. Furthermore, they highlight that a supposed unity of the universe, besides not being admissible, does not prevent the exclusion that becoming is original.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



