This paper introduces the Collapse Spacetime Model (CSM), a generative framework in which spacetime, matter, and causal structure emerge from discrete Ontological Transition Events (OTEs): irreversible physical processes that generate relational structure. OTEs do not occur within spacetime; rather, spacetime arises as the stabilized relational network produced by their cumulative realization. A central refinement, the Multiplicity of Spacetime Hypothesis (MSH), holds that each dynamically coherent system constructs its own partial spacetime from its OTE history, with the classical continuum emerging from statistical alignment, decoherence, and thermodynamic irreversibility across overlapping local domains. OTEs are assumed to satisfy consistency conditions that support the emergence of stable large‑scale relational structure. Within this framework, temporal order, dimensionality, curvature, and effective dynamical laws emerge from the relational organization and coarse‑graining of OTE networks. The framework allows physical constants, such as the speed of light, to be interpreted as invariant structural features associated with the generative process rather than as properties of a pre‑existing manifold. CSM thereby models spacetime as a dynamically generated structure maintained through ongoing relational processes. The paper develops the conceptual foundations of CSM, articulates its core postulates, and situates it relative to objective collapse models, causal set theory, network‑geometric approaches, and relational interpretations of physics. Open theoretical and empirical questions are identified, including the formulation of quantitative OTE dynamics and the emergence of general relativity in appropriate limits. Detailed mathematical development and phenomenological implications are deferred to subsequent work.
Chretien Versteegh (Sat,) studied this question.