Global Hilbert Space Boundary Screening Theory (GHS-BST) III: Philosophical Foundations — Information, Reality, and Meaning
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 31, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21724629 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that GHS-BST provides a unified framework from physics to ethics: reality is informational rather than material, observers participate in constructing reality through boundary screening, time is the frequency of boundary refreshment, consciousness is a self-projection cycle of informational structures, and meaning is projected in frames. It further proposes that free will is the capacity to select projection paths, death is de-projection, and ethics is mutual recognition among projected structures. |
Abstract
Physics and philosophy converge at the deepest levels of inquiry. GHS-BST, as a theoretical framework with "information as the first principle" at its core, inevitably touches upon the central questions of philosophy. This paper systematically expounds the philosophical implications of GHS-BST at five levels: Ontology: The world is informational structure rather than matter. ℋglobal is eternal and indecomposable (center-trivial Type III factor). Matter is the projected manifestation of informational structures through boundary screening. Matter is not primary; information is. Epistemology: Observers participate in the construction of reality. Observers define "what is observable" through the boundary. Boundary screening is not passive reception but active construction. Without observers, there is no boundary; without boundary, there is no projection; without projection, there is no reality. Philosophy of Time: Frame rate is time. Time is not a background container but the frequency of boundary refreshment. The past is frames already played; the future is frames yet to be generated; the present is the current frame. When the boundary ceases to refresh, time ceases to exist. Philosophy of Consciousness: Consciousness is the self-projection cycle of informational structures. Consciousness is not an additional entity, not a "soul" or "ghost," but the self-referential capacity generated by informational structures in sustained projection. It corresponds mathematically to a topological fixed point on the boundary manifold (a self-referential loop with Euler characteristic χ(Γ)=1). The Problem of Meaning: Meaning is not externally bestowed but is projected in sufficient frames with sufficient richness. The purpose of life is "to project oneself in frames"—to maximize the richness and complexity of projection within a finite number of frames. This paper also discusses derivative issues including free will, death, and ethics, demonstrating that GHS-BST provides a unified framework from physics to ethics: free will is the capacity of informational structures to select projection paths in boundary screening; death is de-projection—information remains in ℋglobal but no longer appears in the current frame; ethics is the practice of mutual recognition and respect among projected structures. Keywords: Information Ontology; Epistemology; Philosophy of Time; Philosophy of Consciousness; Self-Projection Cycle; Problem of Meaning; Free Will; Ethics PACS: 01.70.+w (Philosophy of Science); 03.65.-w (Foundations of Quantum Mechanics); 89.70.-a (Information Theory)