A Rational Cosmology: Electromagnetic Oscillations as Relationships Exhibited by Light Sources Distinct from Light Itself

This is Essay CII of Mr. Stolyarov's series, "A Rational Cosmology," which seeks to present objective, absolute, rationally grounded views of terms such as universe, matter, volume, space, time, motion, sound, light, forces, fields, and even the higher-order concepts of life, consciousness, and volition. See the index of all the essays in "A Rational Cosmology" here.

After proving that light qua light cannot have "electromagnetic oscillations" of its own, I must reconcile my theory with experimental evidence. Experimental data suggests that such "electromagnetic oscillations" accompany the transmission of light in all instances.

Reality brooks no contradictions; thus, it must be that experimental evidence ought to be explicable via rational cosmology's view of light as a distance relationship between source and target entities.

We know that light itself does not consist of electromagnetic oscillations; light, as a relationship, cannot exhibit "fields" or oscillations of those "fields." Only entities can exhibit "fields," i.e., attract specified other target entities with certain magnitudes of force at certain locations.

Consider the origins of all known light; that is, consider the possible types of sources that can exhibit this light. There are two such sources: the first is chemical compounds that react with each other via a process known as combustion. The combustion reaction, as a byproduct, often emits light -- whether it be the combustion of a fire, a candle, or the immense quantity of reactions among chemical components of the Sun.

The second type of light source is an object which conducts electric current: a light bulb, a light-emitting diode, or any other of a myriad of electrically-powered man-made sources of illumination.

What do the two types of light sources have in common when they originate the relationship known as light? The answer: the systematic motion of electrons. In every combustion reaction, as in every genuine chemical reaction, valence electrons are transferred from some types of atoms to others.