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| Мова: | Англійська |
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Zenodo
2025
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| Онлайн доступ: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15616977 |
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- <p>What if time does not exist until entropy begins? This article introduces the Entropy-Driven</p> <p>Temporal Ontology (EDTO), a theory that rejects both substantival and symmetric relational</p> <p>models of time. Instead, it asserts that time emerges only through irreversible mass–energy</p> <p>interactions that produce entropy. Drawing on thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and</p> <p>relational physics, EDTO formalises a new condition for temporal emergence, the Time Origin</p> <p>Formula (TaMES), which defines the exact point at which a system begins to generate time.</p> <p>The first unit of emergent time, termed the Protaeon, occurs at the initial production of entropy.</p> <p>Each subsequent increment, denoted by Sampi (ϡ), marks a discrete moment generated by a</p> <p>qualifying local interaction. Their accumulation forms a structured tempo observable in</p> <p>macroscopic systems. This tripartite model: Protaeon, Elemental Sampi ϡ, Systemic Sampi Ͳ,</p> <p>offers a physical and philosophical mechanism for quantised temporality.</p> <p>By grounding time in entropy production, EDTO offers a resolution to longstanding paradoxes</p> <p>such as the arrow of time and the absence of time in quantum measurement. It diverges from block</p> <p>universe and geometric time dilation models, instead predicting that systems with no entropy</p> <p>production generate no time. The theory accommodates time reversal under negative entropy,</p> <p>temporally inert matter, and system-relative temporal densities.</p> <p>Crucially, EDTO is testable. Annex C proposes empirical methods to distinguish geometric from</p> <p>thermodynamic time dilation, positioning this ontology within reach of experimental validation.</p> <p>Time, in this framework, is not a given. It begins, unfolds, and may ultimately cease.</p>