Selector–Time Theory (STT): Ontological Architecture and Selective Temporal Dynamics

Selector–Time Theory (STT) develops a unified ontological and temporal architecture grounded in three fundamental domains: pre-time, the phase of coherent possibilities; liquid-time, where the operator τ (Tau) selects and actualizes one trajectory among competing possibilities; and post-time, the archived structure of realized states. The theory proposes that physical reality emerges not as a static spacetime container, but as a temporal selection process where coherence, divergence, and decay follow mathematically tractable rules. This work introduces the core operators of STT, the Ω–Δ–τ–γ sequence, and formalizes how selective temporal dynamics generate empirical regularities, probabilistic asymmetries, and ontological constraints. The goal is to provide a cross-disciplinary framework capable of dialoguing with physics, computation, philosophy of time, and complexity theory, while remaining compatible with empirical modeling through adjustable coherence functions and algorithmic simulations. STT aims to reopen foundational questions about the structure of reality by reframing time not as a dimension, but as the active selector of becoming.