Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time
Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time
2001
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Livre de Theodor Sider · 2001 (Royaume-Uni)
Genre : PhilosophieAccording to ‘four‐dimensionalism’, temporally extended things are composed of temporal parts. Most four‐dimensionalists identify ordinary continuants—the persisting objects ordinary language quantifies over and names—with aggregates of temporal parts (‘space‐time worms’), but an attractive alternate version of four‐dimensionalism identifies ordinary continuants with instantaneous temporal slices and accounts for temporal predication using temporal counterpart theory. Arguments for... Voir plus
