CRITICAL-PROPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF LOGICAL SUBSTANTIVALISM: Hugang Cui's Track-Light Model in Confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity

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This article critically examines Hugang Cui's Spacetime Substantivalism 0: The Track-Light Model, which proposes a Logical Matrix as the universal source and a new foundation for metaphysics, comparing it with the Theory of Objectivity (TO). The analysis finds Cui's model philosophically significant for restoring logical-ontological anteriority and attempting to overcome mind-body dualism through a common source. However, decisive tensions emerge between Cui's logical substantivalism and TO's modal discipline, particularly regarding individuation, boundary lines, minimal relational observation, infinity as non-element, and the need for a transcendent substance beyond the quantum domain. The article concludes that Cui's model is a high-level logicist interlocutor, genuinely relevant to TO's aims but only partially compatible with its full modal and cosmogonic framework.

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This article presents a critical–propositional examination of Hugang Cui’s Spacetime Substantivalism 0: The Track-Light Model — The Logic Matrix as the Universal Source, the Origin of the Cosmic Singularity, and a New Foundation for Metaphysics in confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity (TO). Written from the modal, ontological, and cosmological perspective of TO, the study investigates the extent to which Cui’s Logical Matrix , generative meta-law, and account of matter, life, and consciousness can be considered compatible with the Seven Absolute Truths of the Theory of Objectivity. The article argues that Cui’s proposal is philosophically significant because it restores logical-ontological anteriority to the center of metaphysical reflection and seeks to overcome the mind-body dualism through a common source. At the same time, the study identifies decisive tensions between Cui’s logical substantivalism and the modal discipline of TO, especially regarding individuation, boundary lines, minimal relational observation, the role of infinity as non-element, and the need for a transcendent substance beyond the quantum domain. The text further articulates Cui’s model with the foundational bibliography of the Theory of Objectivity, its recent developments on modal ontology, testability, phenomenic elements, inductive effects, and cosmogonic structure, as well as with supporting works in philosophy, cosmology, consciousness studies, and artificial intelligence. The article concludes that Cui’s model should be regarded as a high-level logicist interlocutor: genuinely relevant to the philosophical aims of TO, yet only partially compatible with its full modal and cosmogonic framework. Editorial note: This analytical study benefited from the analytical support of ChatGPT. Keywords: Theory of Objectivity; Hugang Cui; Logical Matrix; Track-Light Model; logical substantivalism; modal ontology; cosmology; mind-body problem; consciousness studies; cosmogony; metaphysics; phenomenic elements; inductive effects; artificial intelligence; philosophy of physics.