Temporal Re-Circulation — Time as a Reproducible Structural Environment —

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Authors: Takezo Hattori
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Abstract

Time is commonly treated as a sequence of events that has already been completed.Within this view, the past is understood as fixed content, accessible only through records, narratives, or representations produced after the fact. As a result, time itself is rarely examined as an operational condition; instead, it is reduced to what has occurred within it. This paper begins from a different premise. It asks whether time can be considered not as content to be described, but as a structural environment that can be reactivated under specific conditions. The question is not how the past should be interpreted, reconstructed, or explained, but whether the temporal conditions of a past moment can coexist with the present without collapsing into retrospective narration.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis Philosophy History and Historiography Humanities and Social Sciences

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
7 February 2026