CRITICAL-PROPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF LOGICAL SUBSTANTIVALISM: Hugang Cui's Track-Light Model in Confrontation with the Theory of Objectivity
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) April 21, 2026 Vidamor Cabannas, Denivaldo Silva
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.