Four-Dimensionalism : An Ontology of Persistence and Time
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0199263523
ISBN-13
9780199263523
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 22nd, 2003
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
352 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.90 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontologyPhilosophy of mind
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Addressing the topics concerned with the metaphysics of time and identity over time, this book aims to defend the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts.
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 four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate beween spacetime substantivalists and relationalists, and vagueness. Also included is a comprehensive discussion of the paradoxes of coinciding material objects, and a novel resolution of those paradoxes based on temporal counterpart theory. In conclusion Sider replies to prominent objections to four-dimensionalism, including discussion of the problem of the rotating homogenous disk.Four Dimensionalism is an original and highly readable study of the metaphysics of time and identity.
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