From "Zero" to All Things and Back to "Zero": A New Philosophical Methodology and a Theory of Guiding Science

This paper proposes a new philosophical methodology centered on the proposition that all things in the universe unfold from “Zero” and ultimately contract back into “Zero.” The theory is developed through a four-layer framework consisting of mathematical essential spacetime, mathematical phenomenal spacetime, physical essential spacetime, and physical phenomenal spacetime. It argues that conventional philosophy and modern science generally begin from already established concepts and therefore address only the latter half of the chain of reasoning, while leaving unexplained how those concepts themselves arise. The paper further proposes “interdisciplinary synchronous validation” as a method for testing universal principles. According to this approach, a structure may be regarded as universal only when mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and other disciplines independently converge on the same underlying endpoint and organizational pattern. On this basis, the paper presents the recurring structure of “unit–recursion–combination” and the dual processes of unfolding and contraction as common principles underlying different fields of knowledge. The article concludes that a new philosophy grounded in the shared findings of modern sciences may function as a guiding science, providing a common starting point, basic principles, and a unified methodological framework for human knowledge.