The Growing-Block: just one thing after another?
In this article, we consider two independently appealing theories-the Growing-Block view and Humean Supervenience-and argue that at least one is false. The Growing-Block view is a theory about the nature of time. It says that (a) past and present things exist, while future things do not, and (b) the...
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