The Incompatibility of Perdurantism and Priority Monism.

In this paper, I argue that perdurantism is incompatible with priority monism: the view that the universal mereological fusion, U, is fundamental. For the monist's fundamental object can neither persist by being a trans-temporal object (i.e., a space-time 'worm') nor by being an instantaneous stage....

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Published in:	Philosophia Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 961 - 977
Main Author:	Taylor, Jamie
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Apr2023
Subjects:	Perdurantism & endurantism (Philosophy) Monism Pluralism Theory of knowledge Whole & parts (Philosophy)
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