From Cosmological Reality to Physical Perception: A Philosophical Framework

The process by which an incoming electromagnetic activation becomes a physically perceived reality remains an open ontological question. The present work proposes a hierarchical cosmological framework in which physical reality emerges from a more fundamental cosmological level, much as biological, psychological, and intellectual realities emerge from their respective substrates. The work proceeds from the philosophical assumption that nature is not partial and therefore that the different levels of reality should exhibit continuity in their modes of emergence and realization. Within this framework, electromagnetic waves are interpreted as energy-capable cosmological fields propagating through a cosmological space-fabric, becoming physical energy upon reception by a physical entity. This transition is viewed as parallel to the way sensing-capable physical energies give rise to biological sensations, although the incoming activation itself is not yet the realized phenomenon. The paper examines the bridge between lower-level capability and higher-level realization. In doing so, it offers alternative interpretations of the structure of space, electromagnetic propagation, and the distinction between E- and B-fields. The framework is limited to pre-physical reality and therefore does not affect the empirical results or the mathematical structure of Maxwellian electromagnetism. Rather, it offers an ontological interpretation of the processes proposed to precede physical perception.