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On the Ontological Status of the Temporal Parameter: An Inquiry into the Nature of Physical Time

Author(s) Mr. Tanay praveen Agrawal
Country India
Abstract ABSTRACT: A critical examination of the parameter t (time) as it is employed in our most fundamental physical theories reveals a profound inconsistency. General relativity formulates time as a dimension geometrically fused with space, rendering the "flow" of time subjective. Thermodynamics attributes the perceived directionality of time to statistical mechanics and initial cosmic conditions, not to a fundamental asymmetry. Most critically, attempts at a quantum theory of gravity, such as the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, suggest a fundamental description of the universe in which the time parameter is absent altogether. This paper argues that time is not a fundamental, pre-existing canvas upon which events unfold. Instead, we propose that temporality is an emergent, relational, and observer-dependent phenomenon, arising from the quantum correlations and thermodynamic gradients of a fundamentally timeless, static reality.
Keywords temporal passage, flow of time, past present future continuum, time parameter t, classical mechanics, Schrödinger equation, fundamental physical property, nature of time, emergent property, statistical artifact, temporal illusion, classical vs quantum domain, time as emergent phenomenon, temperature and pressure analogy, time in physics, general relativity, thermodynamics, quantum gravity, spacetime continuum, four-dimensional manifold, block universe theory, relativity of simultaneity, worldline, observer-dependent time, ontological status of past present future, illusion of time flow, static universe, temporal ordering, absence of universal now, coordinate time, determinism in relativity, geometric conception of reality, arrow of time, thermodynamic time asymmetry, second law of thermodynamics, entropy increase, time-reversal symmetry, microscopic vs macroscopic laws, statistical mechanics, initial low-entropy universe, big bang initial conditions, emergent directionality, entropy gradient, statistical emergence, macroscopic irreversibility, contingent feature of the cosmos, thermodynamic arrow, probabilistic nature of time, quantum gravity, unification of general relativity and quantum mechanics, timelessness in quantum theory, Wheeler-DeWitt equation, quantum entanglement, non-local correlations, spooky action at a distance, collapse of temporal locality, vanishing time parameter, relational time, emergent spacetime, quantum foundations of reality, time-independent formalism, illusion of time flow, emergent phenomena, ontological interpretation of time, block universe vs dynamic time, temporal realism vs anti-realism, time symmetry and asymmetry, cosmological entropy, philosophy of physics, nature of reality, time as coordinate vs entity
Field Physics > Astronomy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-10-10
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.57646
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