Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time

Theodore Sider

2002-02-07articleDigital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))845 citationsclosed

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Abstract

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.

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