Presentismiin

Presentismiin is a hypothetical framework in the philosophy of time and information theory that extends traditional presentism by foregrounding the role of information processing in shaping the experiential present. In this view, only present events have ontological status, but the sense of what is present arises from dynamic exchanges of data among observers and systems. Presentismiin treats the present as a relational, evolving field rather than a single fixed instant, integrating cognitive processing with temporal ontology.

Origin and terminology: The term is a contemporary neologism used in speculative discussions about temporality and computation. It fuses "present" with a suffix intended to signal a systemic or extended form of presentism. There is no universal agreement on its precise definition, and it is mostly encountered in thought experiments, formal toy models, and science fiction-adjacent discourse.

Core concepts: A sliding present window is shaped by perceptual, neural, and computational processes; temporal relations are mediated by information flow across networks; simultaneity becomes a relative, network-dependent relation rather than absolutes; and modeling requires compatible accounts from physics, neuroscience, and information theory.

Reception and critique: Critics warn that presentismiin may blur boundary between epistemology and ontology and risk vagueness in defining "present" across observers. Proponents argue it offers a workable framework for distributed cognition and shared temporal experience in networked environments. Formalization remains open, with ongoing debates about its relation to classical presentism, eternalism, and possibilism.

Applications: In philosophy, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence, presentismiin motivates models in which temporality emerges from information dynamics, with potential implications for how we simulate time, synchronize systems, and understand consciousness in a temporally extended present.