Description: 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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EAN: 9780199244430
UPC: 9780199244430
ISBN: 9780199244430
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Item Length: 22.6 cm
Book Title: Four-Dimensionalism: an Ontology of Persistence and Time
Item Height: 225mm
Item Width: 145mm
Author: Theodore Sider
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Item Weight: 445g
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
