This paper introduces temporal admissibility as a structural condition governing when interpretation is permitted within cognitive and computational systems. An informational state may be structurally valid yet fail to produce meaningful interpretation if evaluated outside an appropriate temporal context. Such failures result in premature or invalid conclusions despite correct reasoning. The framework formalises interpretation as dependent on both structural compatibility and temporal validity, establishing that continuation of interpretation occurs only when both conditions hold. The concept is demonstrated through common misinterpretation scenarios and generalised across domains including cognition, decision-making, and artificial systems. No new mechanisms are introduced; the work provides a structural clarification of interpretation limits within an admissibility framework.
Andrew John Paton (Thu,) studied this question.