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#perdurantism
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Perdurantism fits modern physics better than endurantism does
I trained in physics in Lagos and now tutor it, and I've been reading Theodore Sider's case for four-dimensionalism. I'm persuaded, and I want to put the argument from physics as strongly as I can. Relativity treats spacetime as a single four-dimensional…
Started by Emeka Nwosu5 replies149 views -
Bent when sitting, straight when standing: what is the problem of temporary intrinsics?
I teach mathematics in Delhi and have started reading metaphysics at weekends. I hit a passage I could not follow, about something David Lewis called the problem of temporary intrinsics. The example: I am bent when I sit and straight when I…
Started by Vikram Sethi3 replies210 views