Why counterpart theory and four-dimensionalism are incompatible.
Explains why counterpart theory and four-dimensionalism are incompatible. Presentation of the scenario where God creates "ex nihilo" a bronze statue of a unicorn and later annihilates it; Argument that the statue and the piece of bronze occupy the same space for their entire career; Suggestion that...
| Publicado en: | Analysis Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 329 - 334 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2005
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| Sumario: | Explains why counterpart theory and four-dimensionalism are incompatible. Presentation of the scenario where God creates "ex nihilo" a bronze statue of a unicorn and later annihilates it; Argument that the statue and the piece of bronze occupy the same space for their entire career; Suggestion that many philosophers find it incredible that two material things coincide ever, not to mention for their entire career; Four-dimensionalists' argument that ordinary objects persist by having temporal parts at different times. |
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