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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這麼說似乎對Sider不大公平,但Lewis的影響在全書確實無處不在——貫穿全書的幾個重要概念,諸如counterpart relation, I-relation, stage view——都來自於Lewis,即便二人在最基本的層麵有瞭分歧:Sider自然為Four-dimensionalism辯護,而Lewis則仍然是一個Three-dimensional...
評分這麼說似乎對Sider不大公平,但Lewis的影響在全書確實無處不在——貫穿全書的幾個重要概念,諸如counterpart relation, I-relation, stage view——都來自於Lewis,即便二人在最基本的層麵有瞭分歧:Sider自然為Four-dimensionalism辯護,而Lewis則仍然是一個Three-dimensional...
評分這麼說似乎對Sider不大公平,但Lewis的影響在全書確實無處不在——貫穿全書的幾個重要概念,諸如counterpart relation, I-relation, stage view——都來自於Lewis,即便二人在最基本的層麵有瞭分歧:Sider自然為Four-dimensionalism辯護,而Lewis則仍然是一個Three-dimensional...
評分這麼說似乎對Sider不大公平,但Lewis的影響在全書確實無處不在——貫穿全書的幾個重要概念,諸如counterpart relation, I-relation, stage view——都來自於Lewis,即便二人在最基本的層麵有瞭分歧:Sider自然為Four-dimensionalism辯護,而Lewis則仍然是一個Three-dimensional...
評分這麼說似乎對Sider不大公平,但Lewis的影響在全書確實無處不在——貫穿全書的幾個重要概念,諸如counterpart relation, I-relation, stage view——都來自於Lewis,即便二人在最基本的層麵有瞭分歧:Sider自然為Four-dimensionalism辯護,而Lewis則仍然是一個Three-dimensional...
圖書標籤: 形而上學 哲學 時間理論 時間 分析哲學
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評分可以改為: In Lewis's awake
評分可以改為: In Lewis's awake
Four-Dimensionalism 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載