Presentism and Persistence

Benovsky, Jiri

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0114.2009.01341.x

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“…Benovsky organizes his discussion around a photograph which, because of its long exposure, depicts a fuzzy human figure – Sam – standing and sitting (Benovsky, 2009, pp. 292–293).…”

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“…The temporal‐counterpart relation supervenes upon such relations as resemblance, causation, and spatio‐temporal distance. But, Benovsky says, the required relations cannot obtain on presentism since ‘a non‐existent individual (Sam at t 1 ) [cannot] bear any degree of resemblance and have any other (spatio‐temporal and causal) relations to an existent flesh‐and‐blood individual (Sam at t 4 – the present time)’ (Benovsky, 2009, pp. 300–1).…”

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“…Since non‐present things are not real, given presentism, it seems to follow that for presentism a present worm is composed of many things that do not exist. But ‘how is it possible to claim that material objects can have temporal parts at other times than the present if these parts don't exist?’ (Benovsky, 2009, p. 297) In rejecting this possibility, Benovsky appeals to Trenton Merricks's principle that ‘an object cannot have another object as a part if that other object does not exist’ (Merricks, 1995, p. 524; cited at p. 297).…”

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“…But, as I have suggested, presentists are well‐placed to understand at least some inter‐temporal relations in presentist‐friendly ways. Indeed, the relations I have accounted for – causation, resemblance, and succession – are the very ones that are supposed to be the ‘glue’ (Benovsky, 2009, p. 301) that holds worm parts together. (Since composition can be understood in terms of being a part of, I will speak interchangeably of grounding parthood and composition.…”

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“…Stage theory is the view that persisting things are the temporal parts of worm theory. ) 4 In ‘Presentism and Persistence’ (2009), Jiri Benovsky defends the popular view that presentism is incompatible with perdurantism. He seconds a well‐known argument against the combination of presentism and worm theory, and defends a new argument against a presentist stage theory.…”

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Presentism, Persistence and Composition

Magalhães

2011

Pacific Philosophical Qtr

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Pace Benovsky's 'Presentism and Persistence,' presentism is compatible with perdurantism, tropes and bundle-of-universals theories of persisting objects. I demonstrate how the resemblance, causation and precedence relations that tie stages together can be accommodated within an ersatzer presentist framework. The presentist account of these relations is then used to delineate a presentist-friendly account of the inter-temporal composition required for making worms out of stages. The defense of presentist trope theory shows how properties with indexes other than t may be said to exist at t. This involves an account of how times other than t exist at t, and how times may be multiply located at any given time. Benovsky's objection to bundles of universals is shown to assume that a bundle of properties must have the properties of its element properties.

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“…Benovsky organizes his discussion around a photograph which, because of its long exposure, depicts a fuzzy human figure – Sam – standing and sitting (Benovsky, 2009, pp. 292–293).…”

Section: Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Imentioning

confidence: 99%