The Principle of Change Without Time as a Causal Agent

This white paper develops a structural methodological principle concerning change, in which time is treated as an ordering relation rather than a causal agent. The paper argues that explanatory priority belongs to structured transformation, not to temporal flow. Change is primary; time indexes change but does not produce it. The analysis forms part of a broader domain-independent framework concerning identity as retained coherence under change, with implications for philosophy of time, metaphysics of persistence and structural theories of consciousness. Project page: https://www.matteobellori.com/research/change-without-time