Recursive Datum Expansion and the Structural Interpretation of Time

This paper formalises a structural account of time, cognition, and knowledge within the Paton System. Time is interpreted not as an independent dimension but as the observable projection of recursive admissible state formation originating from a single datum. Subsequent datums are re-instantiations of the same admissibility logic under accumulated constraint. Cognitive systems act as recursive accumulators, compressing structural history into stable knowledge. This work introduces no new physical laws and serves as a pre-theoretical clarification.