IS TIME TRAVEL A PROBLEM FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONALIST?

The article explains whether time travel is a problem for the three-dimensionalist. The problem is that the three-dimensionalist holds the younger version and the older version to be numerically the selfsame being. The three-dimensionalist can countenance the distinction, by more or less the same me...

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Publicado en:	Monist Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 353 - 362
Autor principal:	Simon, Jonathan
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2005
Materias:	Time travel Imaging systems in astronomy Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy Spacetime Role playing
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The article explains whether time travel is a problem for the three-dimensionalist. The problem is that the three-dimensionalist holds the younger version and the older version to be numerically the selfsame being. The three-dimensionalist can countenance the distinction, by more or less the same means. Any qualitative dissimilarity may be used by the three-dimensionalist to differentiate between one of the role reversal possibilities and the other.