Universal Theory of Relativity and the "Unification" of Fundamental Physical Interactions

Abstract

The ``unification'' of fundamental physical forces (interactions) imagines a ``single'' conceptual entity using which {\em all} the observable or physical phenomena, {\em ie}, changes to physical bodies, would be suitably describable. The physical, conceptual and mathematical, framework which achieves this is that of the recently proposed Universal Theory of Relativity \cite{smw-utr}. Here, we argue that the mathematical framework required to achieve the ``unification'' should be that of the general Category Theory. There are certain unanswered mathematical questions arising out of this context. In the sequel, we also point out these issues for the wider attention.