Full Idea
It seems that presentism cannot accommodate causation at all. In a true instance of 'c causes e', it seems to follow that both c and e exist, and it is widely accepted that c is earlier than e. But for presentists that means c and e can't coexist.
Gist of Idea
Presentism seems to deny causation, because the cause and the effect can never coexist
Source
Craig Bourne (A Future for Presentism [2006], 4)
Book Reference
Bourne,Craig: 'A Future for Presentism' [OUP 2006], p.109
A Reaction
A nice problem. Obviously if the flying ball smashed the window, we are left with only the effect existing - otherwise we could intercept the ball and prevent the disaster. To say this cause and this effect coexist would be even dafter than the problem.
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