We reconstruct quantum field theory (QFT) as an emergent statistical description of coherence-basin ensembles. Building on the framework of coherence capacity and basin dynamics, we show that quantum fields arise as collective variables encoding statistics of localized coherence basins, while effective quantum states correspond to ensemble distributions over admissible basins. Observables are basin functionals; expectation values are ensemble averages; and linear Hilbert-space structure emerges as a representation of ensemble convexity rather than a fundamental ontology. Operator algebras, propagators, and path integrals arise as bookkeeping devices for basin correlation statistics, and renormalization is reinterpreted as capacity-enforced coarse-graining across scales. Superposition and interference reflect ensemble structure, while measurement collapse corresponds to capacity-driven basin selection. We prove that QFT necessarily breaks down as coherence capacity approaches zero, independently of microscopic dynamics, explaining failures near horizons, singularities, and strong measurement contexts. The reconstruction introduces no fundamental wavefunctions or fields and shows why QFT is an extraordinarily effective—but intrinsically limited—statistical language for projection-based physics with finite stability margins.
Peter Nero (Wed,) studied this question.