Time as a relation between changing processes

Can time be represented as a relation between evolving processes rather than as an externally given index?

Formülasyon

Explore self-containing dynamic structures whose relative rates provide a candidate temporal relation; keep this separate from standard set theory and from verified physical time.

Gerilim

A suggestive formal image is not yet a consistent axiom system or a tested physical theory.

Açık soru

What observable difference would separate the proposal from re-describing a familiar dynamical model?