No Foundation, Just Relationship in the System

1 Position in the System

The argumentative sequence of Field I converges here on a cardinal thesis: if distance is a relationship (text about metrics), gravity is a relational bond (text about gravity), the universe is not a delimitable object (text 24), and there is no transcendent creator (text 25), then there is also no substrate on which the real would rest. There are only relationships generating relationships.

2 Structural Function

The primary function of this text is to generalize the relational thesis to the entire physical and symbolic structure. Three movements are articulated:

• Critical Genealogy: It dissolves the Western foundationalist tradition, from Thales to Kant, showing that each proposal for an ultimate foundation (arched, first substance, cogito, formas a priori) fails in the face of contemporary physics and epistemological holism.
• Relational Physics: It mobilizes General Relativity (constitutive circularity between geometry and matter) and Relational Quantum Mechanics (Rovelli) to demonstrate that all physical properties are relational - there is no substance with intrinsic properties.
• Symbolic Extension: Applies relationality to symbolic systems (Saussure, Wittgenstein, Quine), showing functional isomorphism between material structure and linguistic structure - both operate without foundation, only due to relational differences.

3 Contribution to Originality

• Circularidade Constitutiva Generalizada: The text proposes that Wheeler's formula ("space-time tells matter how to move; matter tells space-time how to curve") is not a special case but a general ontological paradigm. Every structure is a network of reciprocal determinations without ontological hierarchy.
• Relational Compatibility as a Criterion: It introduces the notion that material configurations persist not due to transcendental necessity but due to internal compatibility - incompatible configurations dissipate, only those that reach the compatibility threshold stabilize.
• Stabilized Patterns without Substance: Dissolves common-sense objection ("but objects exist!") by showing that macroscopic objects are robust relational patterns - stabilized by symmetry breaking and scale decoupling, not substances with intrinsic properties.
• Speculation on Dimensionality: It opens up a radical philosophical horizon: if there is no foundation, perhaps the dimensional structure (3+1) itself is an emerging effect of a more complex relational network. Rigorous speculation, not physical theory.