LOCALITY, MASS-ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND THE THERMODYNAMICS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY: a critical–propositional analysis of Shi Chaojie's article in confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity

This article presents a critical–propositional analysis of Shi Chaojie’s 2026 work, On the Applicability Boundaries of Mass-Energy Conservation and the Concept of Locality in General Relativity—Toward a Thermodynamic Extension of General Relativity, in confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity (TO) developed by Vidamor Cabannas and Denivaldo Silva. The study examines Shi’s conceptual critique of the extrapolation from local differential conservation, expressed by , to strict mass-energy conservation in finite regions of spacetime. It argues that the article offers a fruitful dialogue with TO by problematizing locality, boundary, conservation, thermodynamic irreversibility, relationality, and the status of finite physical systems. Special attention is given to the modal necessity of the Seven Absolute Truths of the Theory of Objectivity, the role of phenomenic elements, the Inducer Effects, the cosmogonic theorem of TO, and the cosmological Eras of the Theory of Objectivity. The analysis also proposes that Shi’s notion of dissipation may be reinterpreted, within TO, as the production of knowledge or information in atomic relations, equivalent to atomic radiations and understood as the substance transcendent to the quantum. The article concludes that Shi’s work has a high degree of dialogue with the Theory of Objectivity, especially regarding the ontology of locality, the necessity of boundaries, the relational constitution of physical existence, and the possible thermodynamic extension of General Relativity. The final dialogue score assigned to the analyzed article is 8.9/10. This analytical text counted on the analytical support of ChatGPT. Keywords Theory of Objectivity; Vidamor Cabannas; Denivaldo Silva; General Relativity; mass-energy conservation; locality; thermodynamics; boundary; modal ontology; phenomenic elements; Inducer Effects; cosmogonic theorem; cosmological Eras; atomic radiation; transcendent substance; Shi Chaojie; Zenodo.