Temporal Parts and Time Travel.

This paper argues that, in light of certain scenarios involving time travel, Sider's definition of 'instantaneous temporal part' cannot be accepted in conjunction with a semantic thesis that perdurantists often assume. I examine a rejoinder from Sider, as well as Thomson's alternative definition of...

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Published in:	Erkenntnis Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 225 - 241
Main Author:	Effingham, Nikk
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Mar2011
Subjects:	Time travel Spacetime Sider, Ted Semantics (Philosophy) Academic dissertations
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