Enduring and Perduring Objects in Minkowski Space-Time.
I examine the issue of persistence over time in thecontext of the special theory of relativity (SR). Thefour-dimensional ontology of perduring objects isclearly favored by SR. But it is a different questionif and to what extent this ontology is required, andthe rival endurantist ontology ruled out,...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 129 - 167 |
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