Frequency Monism: A Philosophy of Physics with Empirical Consequences

We propose Frequency Monism: the philosophical thesis that a scalar frequency field ω(x, t) is a more defensible ontological primitive for physics than force, particle, or spacetime curvature. The position rests on three pillars. Philosophically, we argue that force fails as a primitive — it is unobservable, unexplained, and eliminated at every frontier of physical theory. Mathematically, we show that Newtonian force, Yukawa-modified gravity, and wave dynamics all emerge as consequences of a single Lorentz-invariant Lagrangian for ω. Empirically, we derive three falsifiable predictions that are collectively discriminating against all existing alternatives: (i) a power plateau rather than Lorentzian peak in swept-frequency LC oscillators; (ii) galactic rotation curve decline beyond r ≈ 50 kpc; and (iii) a ∼45% suppression of gravitational spin memory amplitude in LISA galactic binary observations, derived from a general theorem establishing that spin memory requires parity-odd trans- port structure rather than a spin-2 mediator. We argue that this last prediction constitutes a crucial experiment in the strict Popperian sense: it three-way discriminates between general relativity, Frequency Monism, and all parity-preserving scalar-tensor theories. The philosophical contribution is to show that ontological choice has empirical consequences — that asking “what is primitive?” is not merely speculative but leads to predictions that experiments can test.