Emergent Time in a Universal Collapse Framework

AbstractWe present a conceptual formulation of emergent time within a universal collapse frameworkgrounded in the Theory of Nothing. In this approach, time is not treated as a fundamentalparameter, but as an internal relational structure arising from geometric differentiation withina continuous collapse. Temporal ordering, duration, and causality are shown to be secondarymanifestations of structural asymmetry rather than primitive elements of reality. This workestablishes emergent time as a necessary consequence of collapse dynamics and clarifies its roleas an internal coordinate of physical existence.