Temporlis

Temporlis is a theoretical construct used in discussions of time and temporality. It describes a multi-layered, scalable representation of temporal relations among events and processes. The term is a neologism derived from Latin tempus, meaning time, and a suffix intended to convey systematic structure. As a concept, temporlis is mainly used in thought experiments and in discussions of how humans perceive and reason about time across contexts.

In a temporlis framework, time is organized into hierarchical granularity levels. Each level contains nodes that denote discrete time slices or events, linked by relations such as before, after, during, or overlapping. Higher levels summarize the durations of their descendants, enabling multi-scale analysis. Core operations include projection between levels, fusion of intervals, and comparison of temporal alignments.

Applications span philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics, and computer science. It provides vocabulary for subjective time, memory, and anticipation; frames the semantics of tense and aspect across languages with different temporal granularity; and supports scheduling, event tracing, and multi-scale time-series modeling in simulations.

Temporlis relates to temporal logic and interval algebra but emphasizes a multi-scale perspective. It is not a widely established formal theory; rather, it functions as a provisional framework for theoretical exploration and pedagogical illustration. Critics caution that its abstraction may hinder empirical validation unless grounded in concrete models.