The Architecture of Time: Collapse, Continuation, and the Emergence of Temporal Structure

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Auteur principal: Doy, David Michael
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contents <p>*The Architecture of Time* develops a standalone account of time as an emergent regime rather than a primitive background dimension. Instead of assuming a temporal axis, the report derives temporal structure from the organisation of continuation, collapse, and predictive coherence within a generative system. Time appears when stabilised configurations can extend coherently; it fails when collapse dominates; and it re‑emerges when predictive structure and continuation regain stability.</p> <p>Beginning from the pre‑geometric substrate, the report shows how ordering arises without duration, how collapse introduces asymmetry and generates a temporal direction, and how reinforcement and predictive fields create persistence across updates. Temporal potentials and temporal curvature are introduced as macroscopic expressions of how effective density, collapse, and influence shape the rate and coherence of continuation. The framework unifies temporal emergence across physical, cognitive, and informational systems, treating time as the stabilised ordering of continuation under collapse‑regulated evolution.</p> <p>This document provides a self‑contained theoretical foundation for understanding temporal structure within the broader generative architecture, while remaining fully independent of any geometric or manifold assumptions.</p>
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spellingShingle The Architecture of Time: Collapse, Continuation, and the Emergence of Temporal Structure
Doy, David Michael
time
collapse
continuation
prediction
memory
identity
ordering
emergence
structure
temporal structure
<p>*The Architecture of Time* develops a standalone account of time as an emergent regime rather than a primitive background dimension. Instead of assuming a temporal axis, the report derives temporal structure from the organisation of continuation, collapse, and predictive coherence within a generative system. Time appears when stabilised configurations can extend coherently; it fails when collapse dominates; and it re‑emerges when predictive structure and continuation regain stability.</p> <p>Beginning from the pre‑geometric substrate, the report shows how ordering arises without duration, how collapse introduces asymmetry and generates a temporal direction, and how reinforcement and predictive fields create persistence across updates. Temporal potentials and temporal curvature are introduced as macroscopic expressions of how effective density, collapse, and influence shape the rate and coherence of continuation. The framework unifies temporal emergence across physical, cognitive, and informational systems, treating time as the stabilised ordering of continuation under collapse‑regulated evolution.</p> <p>This document provides a self‑contained theoretical foundation for understanding temporal structure within the broader generative architecture, while remaining fully independent of any geometric or manifold assumptions.</p>
title The Architecture of Time: Collapse, Continuation, and the Emergence of Temporal Structure
topic time
collapse
continuation
prediction
memory
identity
ordering
emergence
structure
temporal structure
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19035412