Dimensional Confusions in Economic Theory — Ontological Diagnosis

This article proposes an ontological diagnosis of the persistent theoretical contradictions that have structured economic debate for more than a century. Using the dimensional ontology of the Consciousness of the Real (CdR) framework, economic phenomena are analyzed across eight irreducible dimensions (D¹–D⁸), ranging from intrinsic value and quality to production, market mediation, institutional systems, and normative context. The paper demonstrates that major economic schools each describe valid but partial dimensions of economic reality. Apparent contradictions arise not from incompatible claims, but from cross-dimensional misinterpretations. This diagnosis is illustrated through a dimensional resolution of the Fama–Shiller paradox recognized by the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics. The contribution is not to propose a new economic theory, but to provide a geometric framework capable of situating existing theories within a common ontological space, clarifying why economic debates persist and why no single school can achieve global explanatory dominance.