Single Idea 14726

[catalogued under 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism]

Full Idea

Four-dimensionalists say that things have 'temporal parts', that they 'perdure', and that they are spread out over time.

Gist of Idea

Four-dimensionalists assert 'temporal parts', 'perduring', and being spread out over time

Source

Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 3)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.53


Related Idea

Idea 14727 Three-dimensionalists assert 'enduring', being wholly present at each moment, and deny 'temporal parts' [Sider]