This work presents a systematic scientific reconstruction of the Philosophy of Belonging developed by Carlos Federico Obregón Díaz, grounded in contemporary physics, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and the social sciences. The central ontological thesis—“to be is to belong”—argues that no entity exists in isolation and that all forms of existence emerge, persist, and transform within networks of constitutive relations. The study integrates relational ontology from physics (interaction-based universe), evolutionary biology (genetic variability, adaptation, mortality), and neuropsychology (attachment, mentalization, and identity formation) to propose a unified interdisciplinary framework explaining human existence, identity, freedom, and well-being through belonging structures. It introduces the concepts of dual temporality (diachronic and synchronic time), the three pathways of belonging (love, social significance, and material-existential belonging), and the neurobiological architecture of belonging as foundational to survival, mental integration, and existential regulation. The work contributes to contemporary debates in ontology, philosophy of science, philosophical anthropology, psychology of belonging, and interdisciplinary philosophy by offering a scientifically grounded relational ontology applicable to ethics, social theory, and human development. This publication is part of the broader research program on the Philosophy and Economy of Belonging, which develops a relational scientific ontology where existence, adaptation, and human flourishing are understood as dynamic processes of constitutive belonging across biological, social, and symbolic domains.
Carlos Federico Obregon Diaz (Fri,) studied this question.