Published June 4, 2026 | Version v1
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Deriving the Quantum Formalism from the Primacy of Contextual Wholes in Phase Space

Description

We present a unified, autonomous formulation of quantum mechanics derived strictly from the 
foundational principles of Contextual Probability Theory. Instead of initiating the formalism via 
complex wave functions in Hilbert space, we postulate that the primary physical reality is a real
valued joint distribution 𝑃(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑡)in a hybrid phase space. Here, the variable  𝑢 is explicitly defined 
as the structural property (index) characterizing a contextual whole (equivalence class), while 𝑣 
represents the internal spectral alternative within that context. We mathematically demonstrate that 
the traditional Hilbert space architecture, complex amplitudes, and non-commuting operators are 
not primary postulates of nature, but rather emergent information-compensating artifacts that 
inevitably arise when the unified contextual flow is projected onto lower-dimensional sub
spaces.To demonstrate the universal validity of this mechanism, we deliberately restrict our current 
derivation to the foundational, one-dimensional case. Proving that the entire quantum apparatus 
emerges seamlessly within this prototype guarantees that the underlying principle can be directly 
generalized to higher dimensions and more complex contextual configurations.“

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