Pulse Ontology and the Arrow of Time: Reconciling Block Universe with Quantum Becoming

This paper advances a novel ontological framework for the problem of time. Relativity yields a block universe without becoming, while quantum mechanics introduces indeterminacy without clear temporality. Existing accounts—thermodynamic entropy, presentism, or process metaphysics— fail to reconcile these tensions. The proposed pulse ontology interprets time as a sequence of quantum pulses: discrete disclosures of potential into actuality, grounded in field excitations, entanglement entropy, and holographic projection. This framework preserves determinism at the global level, secures becoming through sequential disclosure, and aligns phenomenological continuity with physical discreteness. While conceptually robust, the account requires further mathematical development and experimental confirmation to establish its full legitimacy within physics.