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- catalog abstract ""Four-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. This defense includes a novel account of persistence over time, new arguments in favour of the four-dimensional ontology, and responses to the challenges four-dimensionalism faces." "Theodore Sider pays particular attention to the philosophy of time, including a strong series of arguments against presentism, the thesis that only the present is real. Arguments offered in favour of four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate between spacetime substantivalists and relationalists, and vagueness. Also included is a comprehensive discussion of the paradoxes of coinciding material objects, and a novel resolution of those paradoxes based on temporal counterpart theory. In conclusion Sider replies to prominent objections to four-dimensionalism, including discussion of the problem of the rotating homogenous disk."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12328779.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Four-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. This defense includes a novel account of persistence over time, new arguments in favour of the four-dimensional ontology, and responses to the challenges four-dimensionalism faces." "Theodore Sider pays particular attention to the philosophy of time, including a strong series of arguments against presentism, the thesis that only the present is real. Arguments offered in favour of four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate between spacetime substantivalists and relationalists, and vagueness. Also included is a comprehensive discussion of the paradoxes of coinciding material objects, and a novel resolution of those paradoxes based on temporal counterpart theory. In conclusion Sider replies to prominent objections to four-dimensionalism, including discussion of the problem of the rotating homogenous disk."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Four-Dimensional Picture -- 2. Against Presentism. 1. Two issues in the philosophy of time: ontology and tense. 2. Cross-time spatial relations. 3. The truth-maker objection. 4. Presentism and special relativity -- 3. Three- and Four-Dimensionalism Stated. 1. Why fuss over formulation? 2. Four-dimensional stated. 3. What is three-dimensionalism? 4. Perdurance, endurance, presentism, and eternalism -- 4. In Favor of Four-Dimensionalism, Part 1. 1. Russell's argument from parsimony. 2. The argument from logic. 3. The A-theory of time is incoherent. 4. Four-dimensionalism and special relativity. 5. Space and time are analogous. 6. The problem of temporary intrinsics. 7. Arguments from exotica. 8. The argument from spacetime.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. ([237]-250) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 255 p. :".
- catalog identifier "019924443X".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "115 21".
- catalog subject "BD632 .S52 2001".
- catalog subject "Fourth dimension.".
- catalog subject "Space and time.".
- catalog subject "Time.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Four-Dimensional Picture -- 2. Against Presentism. 1. Two issues in the philosophy of time: ontology and tense. 2. Cross-time spatial relations. 3. The truth-maker objection. 4. Presentism and special relativity -- 3. Three- and Four-Dimensionalism Stated. 1. Why fuss over formulation? 2. Four-dimensional stated. 3. What is three-dimensionalism? 4. Perdurance, endurance, presentism, and eternalism -- 4. In Favor of Four-Dimensionalism, Part 1. 1. Russell's argument from parsimony. 2. The argument from logic. 3. The A-theory of time is incoherent. 4. Four-dimensionalism and special relativity. 5. Space and time are analogous. 6. The problem of temporary intrinsics. 7. Arguments from exotica. 8. The argument from spacetime.".
- catalog title "Four-dimensionalism : an ontology of persistence and time / Theodore Sider.".
- catalog type "text".