Defining ‚exdurance’.

On stage theory, ordinary continuants are instantaneous stages which persist by exduring—by bearing temporal counterpart relations to other such stages. Exduring objects lack temporal extension and there is a sense in which they are wholly present at multiple instants. How then is exdurance differen...

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Publicado en:Philosophical Studies Vol. 133; no. 1; pp. 143 - 150
Autor principal: Balashov, Yuri
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2007
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Sumario:On stage theory, ordinary continuants are instantaneous stages which persist by exduring—by bearing temporal counterpart relations to other such stages. Exduring objects lack temporal extension and there is a sense in which they are wholly present at multiple instants. How then is exdurance different from endurance? I offer a definition of ‚exdurance’ that clearly sets it apart from other modes of persistence.