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Can Things Endure in Tenseless Time?

Ingthorsson, R.D.

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R.D. Ingthorsson



Abstract

It has been argued that the tenseless view of time is incompatible with endurantism. This has been disputed, perhaps most famously by Hugh Mellor and Peter Simons. They argue that things can endure in tenseless time, and indeed must endure if tenseless time is to contain change. In this paper I will point out some difficulties with Mellor’s and Simons’ claims that in tenseless time a particular can be ‘wholly present’ at various times, and therefore endure, as well as have incompatible properties at those different times, and thereby change. In effect I argue that they do not resolve the charge that the tenseless view of time is incomatible with endurantism because the tenseless view does not allow anything to change temporal location and thereby come to be ‘wholly present’ at various times.

Citation

Ingthorsson, R. (2009). Can Things Endure in Tenseless Time?. Sats (Aarhus), 10(1), 79-99

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2009
Publicly Available Date Nov 9, 2009
Journal Northern European Journal of Philosophy
Print ISSN 1600-1974
Publisher De Gruyter
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 1
Pages 79-99
Keywords Mellor, Simons, Tenseless Time, Temporal Parity, Persistence.
Publisher URL http://cjas.dk/index.php/sats/article/view/2549

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