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Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time (Mind Association Occasional Series) by Sider, Theodore is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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

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Author

Sider, Theodore

Publisher

Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199263523

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Physics, Science

Rating

4.02 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14