Paradigms Lost and Found

Abstract

The gravitational paradigm of Cosmic Relativity has thoroughly revised our understanding of dynamics and relativity. The gravity of the matter-energy in the Universe is the new basis of fundamental physics, with a genuine absolute reference for motion, and an absolute and universal cosmic time. This necessitates a modification to completion of the General Theory of Relativity, with the cosmic frame as the absolute determining frame. Since there are satisfactory and empirically consistent answers in Cosmic Relativity for the most important foundational puzzles that have been outstanding for centuries in relativity and dynamics, the question naturally arises whether the cosmic gravitational paradigm is the ultimate foundation for physics of dynamics. I discuss this question in the context of the history and evolution of the foundations of physics.