Conceptual consequences of recent results in loop quantum gravity are
collected and discussed here in view of their implications for a modern
philosophy of science which is mainly understood as one that totalizes
scientific insight so as to eventually achieve a consistent model of what may
be called fundamental heuristics on an onto-epistemic background which is part
of recently proposed transcendental materialism. This enterprise is being
understood as a serious attempt of answering recent appeals to philosophy so as
to provide a conceptual foundation for what is going on in modern physics, and
of bridging the obvious gap between physics and philosophy. This present first
part of the paper deals with foundational aspects of this enterprise, a second
part will deal with its holistic aspects.Comment: 25 page
