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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 beween 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. Four Dimensionalism is an original and highly readable study of the metaphysics of time and identity.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

• Full title: Four-Dimensionalism
• Subtitle: An Ontology of Persistence and Time
• Author: Theodore Sider
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780199263523
• ISBN: 0199263523
• ID: 02536576
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 352 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. May 2003

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