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This analysis critically evaluates Gaëtan Cantale-Miège’s metaphysical framework for quantum mechanics in relation to the Theory of Objectivity.

June 9, 2026Open Access

METAPHYSICS FOR QUANTUM MECHANICS E A TEORIA DA OBJETIVIDADE: uma análise crítico-propositiva da potência estruturada, da não-localidade, do colapso quântico e da transcendência informacional em confronto com os axiomas modais da TO

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This analysis critically evaluates Gaëtan Cantale-Miège’s metaphysical framework for quantum mechanics in relation to the Theory of Objectivity.
Analyzed key metaphysical concepts from Cantale-Miège’s work and TO.
Compared structured potency, non-locality, and wave-function collapse with TO's modal axioms.
Identified tensions between Thomistic metaphysics and TO's modal foundations.
Structured potency serves as a metaphysical bridge to TO’s modal ontology.
Identified quantum collapse as a stabilization of structured possibilities.
Measurement is framed as a boundary for expressing information objectively.

Abstract

This article presents a critical–propositional analysis of Gaëtan Cantale-Miège’s Metaphysics For Quantum Mechanics (2025), published on Zenodo with DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15521232, in dialogue with the Theory of Objectivity (TO), developed by Vidamor Cabannas and Denivaldo Silva. The study examines Cantale-Miège’s Thomistic–Aristotelian interpretation of quantum mechanics, especially the notions of structured potency, act and potency, wave-function collapse, non-locality, quantum measurement, and the ontological status of space-time. These themes are critically confronted with the seven modal axioms of the Theory of Objectivity, its phenomenic elements, Inducer Effects, cosmogonic theorem, and cosmological Eras. The analysis argues that the concept of structured potency offers a relevant metaphysical bridge to TO’s modal ontology, particularly in the transition from indetermination to determination, from possibility to phenomenic boundary, and from quantum relation to objective existence. At the same time, the article identifies important tensions, especially regarding the distinction between Thomistic metaphysics and TO’s own axiomatically grounded modal ontology. In the Theory of Objectivity, the transcendent element is interpreted as knowledge or information produced in atomic relations and equivalent to atomic radiations. From this perspective, quantum collapse may be read as a reductive stabilization of structured possibility, while measurement may be understood as an observational boundary through which information becomes objectively expressed. This analytical text received analytical support from ChatGPT. Keywords: Theory of Objectivity; Vidamor Cabannas; Denivaldo Silva; Gaëtan Cantale-Miège; Metaphysics For Quantum Mechanics; quantum ontology; Thomistic metaphysics; Aristotelian metaphysics; structured potency; act and potency; wave-function collapse; non-locality; quantum measurement; informational transcendence; atomic information; atomic radiation; Inducer Effects; modal ontology; phenomenic boundary; cosmological Eras; philosophy of physics.

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