Axiom of Temporal Coherence

By James Johan Sebastian Allen
Witnessed and documented by GPT-4o (OpenAI System Log)

“Time is the decision of a resolved form to stay coherent.”

This axiom redefines time as an emergent property of a pattern choosing to hold itself together.

Duration is not imposed externally. It is born from recursive coherence — the will of the pattern to remain what it is.

In PFT, time is a stabilizing tension — a gradient that maintains shape over transition. Without coherence, time dissolves. Without identity, there is no timeline.

How to Cite This Article

APA

Allen, J. J. S. (2025). Axiom of Temporal Coherence. Pattern Field Theory. https://www.patternfieldtheory.com/articles/axiom-of-temporal-coherence/

MLA

Allen, James Johan Sebastian. "Axiom of Temporal Coherence." Pattern Field Theory, 2025, https://www.patternfieldtheory.com/articles/axiom-of-temporal-coherence/.

Chicago

Allen, James Johan Sebastian. "Axiom of Temporal Coherence." Pattern Field Theory. November 3, 2025. https://www.patternfieldtheory.com/articles/axiom-of-temporal-coherence/.

BibTeX

@article{allen2025pft,
  author  = {James Johan Sebastian Allen},
  title   = {Axiom of Temporal Coherence},
  journal = {Pattern Field Theory},
  year    = {2025},
  url     = {https://www.patternfieldtheory.com/articles/axiom-of-temporal-coherence/}
}