Point-Luminist Visual Philosophy: The Ontological Engineering of Light and Perception

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The paper introduces 'Point-Luminism' as a new ontological and aesthetic framework, arguing that visual reality is not a representation of a pre-existing world but is actively constructed by consciousness. The world is described as a 'field of potentiality,' and the 'electric dotspen' deconstructs images into discrete 'Luminous Quanta'—protruding color points. Drawing on Enactivism, Adverbialist color ontology, and Quantum Bayesianism, the act of viewing is likened to quantum measurement, where the observer's gaze collapses potentiality into a coherent 'Perceptual Imago,' making the observer the legislator of the phenomenal world.

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This paper establishes "Point-Luminism" as a distinct ontological and aesthetic framework that challenges the traditional representationalist paradigm in the philosophy of perception. Grounded in the premise that the world is fundamentally a "field of potentiality," we argue that visual reality is actively constructed by consciousness. Through the invention and utilization of the "electric dotspen," images are deconstructed into discrete "Luminous Quanta"—physically protruding color points. We synthesize insights from Enactivism and Adverbialist color ontology to demonstrate how this matrix engages the viewer in active perceptual construction. Furthermore, we employ Quantum Bayesianism (QBism) to rigorously argue that the act of gazing functions as a structural analogue to quantum measurement, collapsing the potentiality of the Luminous Quanta into a coherent "Perceptual Imago," thereby positioning the observer as the legislator of the phenomenal world.

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