Four-Dimensionalism : An Ontology of Persistence and Time
by Theodore Sider
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Four-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. This defense includes a novel account of persistence over time, new arguments in favour of the four-dimensional ontology, and responses to the challenges four-dimensionalism faces. Theodore Sider pays particular attention to the philosophy of time, including a strong series of arguments against presentism, the thesis that only the present is real. Arguments offered in favour of show more four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate beween spacetime substantival show lessTags
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Theodore Sider is Frederick J. Whiton Chair of Philosophy at Cornell University.
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