Where in the Relativistic World Are We?

Gilmore, Cody

doi:10.1111/j.1520-8583.2006.00107.x

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“…Modal transcendentism is characterized by the assumption that not every entity is properly present in the modal dimension and we assume that U and X are defined as before 6 . Thus, while events are classically uni-located at worlds, objects are derivatively present at worlds, i.e.…”

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From Times to Worlds and Back Again

Giordani

Costa

2013

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

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Traditionally, three conceptions of diachronic and diacosmic existence have been presented, that can be roughly characterized as the conjunction of a metaphysical and a semantical thesis.Endurantism: objects persist through time by being wholly present at each instant of their existence, and different descriptions of an object in time refer to the object itself.The corresponding modal conception holds that there is a relation of trans-world identity between objects.Perdurantism: objects persist through time by having temporal parts at each instant of their persistence, and different descriptions of an object in time refer to their temporal parts.The corresponding modal conception holds that different parts of the same object exist in different worlds.Exdurantism: objects do not actually persist through time, since they are momentary, i.e. existing in one and only one instant, and different descriptions refer to counterparts of such objects.The corresponding modal conception holds that different counterparts of the same object exist in different worlds.

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“…However, if an entity can have more than one exact location, the two notions are distinct. We will refer to views that hold that an entity has only one exact location as uni-locationist and to views that deny that as multi-locationist [6].…”

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From Times to Worlds and Back Again

Giordani

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2013

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

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“…1 Relevant authors include Balashov (2000Balashov ( , 2002Balashov ( , 2010, Donnelly (2011), Gibson and Pooley (2006), Gilmore (2006Gilmore ( , 2008Gilmore ( , 2013, Hudson (2005) and Parsons (2007Parsons ( , 2008. relativistic spacetimes to provide a unique foliation into spacelike hyperplanes of simultaneity has been thought to provide an argument in favor of perdurance, according to which persisting objects are four-dimensional (Balashov 2000).…”

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“…relativistic spacetimes to provide a unique foliation into spacelike hyperplanes of simultaneity has been thought to provide an argument in favor of perdurance, according to which persisting objects are four-dimensional (Balashov 2000). Replying to such arguments on behalf of the endurantist has provided one impetus for the sophistication of locational accounts of persistence (Gibson and Pooley 2006;Gilmore 2006). This paper is concerned with the import of physics for the locational approach, but not with relativistic spacetime.…”

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“…By extending this account of location to spacetime (and so persistence) one might hope to supply necessary and sufficient conditions for a physical object to exactly occupy a spatiotemporal region, and so answer Gilmore's (2006) 'Location Question.' Since different theories of persistence require incompatible answers to this question, with a satisfying answer from physics in hand one could decide which of the rival theories of persistence holds in the actual world.…”

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HowDoThings Persist? Location Relations in Physics and the Metaphysics of Persistence

Pashby

2016

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This paper investigates the use of theories of mechanics (classical and quantum) to provide answers to questions in the metaphysics of spatial location and persistence. Investigating spatial location, I find that in classical physics bodies pertend the region of space at which they are exactly located, while a quantum system spans a region at which it is exactly located. Following this analysis, I present a 'no-go' result which shows that quantum mechanics (conventionally interpreted) restricts the available options for locational persistence theories in an interesting way: it demonstrates that the spatiotemporal path of a persisting thing is discrete (or discontinuous) in time. This leads to unpalatable consequences for both perdurantists and endurantists. In particular, I argue that Butterfield's 'anti-pointilliste' perdurantism is ruled out, and show that endurantists relying on immanent causation run into trouble. I conclude by suggesting the revival of Whitehead's alternative mode of persistence called 'reiteration.'

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Supersubstantivalism and the argument from harmony

Leonard

2021

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

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The core doctrine of supersubstantivalism is that material objects are identical to their spacetime locations. One powerful consideration for the view is the argument from harmony—supersubstantivalism, it is claimed, is in a position to offer an elegant explanation of a number of platitudes concerning objects and their locations. However, I will argue that identifying material objects with their locations does not provide a satisfying explanation of harmony. What the supersubstantivalist needs is not a theory about the identity of objects, but another theory about the identity of some relations. This paper proposes such a theory and shows that with it in place, the argument from harmony can be repaired.

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Where in the Relativistic World Are We?

Cited by 76 publications

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From Times to Worlds and Back Again

From Times to Worlds and Back Again

HowDoThings Persist? Location Relations in Physics and the Metaphysics of Persistence

Supersubstantivalism and the argument from harmony

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