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Four-dimensionalism an ontology of persistence and time

According 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.

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  • "According 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."@en
  • "Four-dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. It addresses many topics concerning the metaphysics of time and identity over time."
  • "Four-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. Along the way many topics concerning the metaphysics of time and identity over time are addressed. These include the status of past and future objects, the nature of motion and change, the existence of composite objects, and examples involving two things in the same place at the same time (such as statues and lumps of clay). An original and highly readable study of the metaphysics of time and identity. - ;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."
  • "'Four-Dimensionalism' defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. It addresses many topics concerning the metaphysics of time and identity over time."
  • "'Four-Dimensionalism' defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. It addresses many topics concerning the metaphysics of time and identity over time."@en

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  • "Llibres electrònics"

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  • "Four-dimensionalism an ontology of persistence and time"@en
  • "Four-dimensionalism an ontology of persistence and time"
  • "Four-dimensionalism : an ontology of persistence and time"
  • "Four-dimensionalism : an ontology of persistence and time"@en
  • "Four-Dimensionalism an Ontology of Persistence and Time"
  • "Four-Dimensionalism An Ontology of Persistence and Time"
  • "Four-Dimensionalism An Ontology of Persistence and Time"@en
  • "Four-Dimensionalism : an Ontology of Persistence and Time"

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