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Full Idea
Three-dimensionalists say that things have no 'temporal parts', that they 'endure', and that they are wholly present at every moment of their careers.
Gist of Idea
Three-dimensionalists assert 'enduring', being wholly present at each moment, and deny 'temporal parts'
Source
Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 3)
Book Ref
Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.53
A Reaction
An obvious problem case for being wholly present would be the building and fitting of a large ship, where it might seem to be present before it was wholly present.
Related Idea
Idea 14726 Four-dimensionalists assert 'temporal parts', 'perduring', and being spread out over time [Sider]
15275 | 'Dense' time raises doubts about continuous objects, so they need 'continuous' time [Harré/Madden] |
9664 | Endurance is the wrong account, because things change intrinsic properties like shape [Lewis] |
9665 | There are three responses to the problem that intrinsic shapes do not endure [Lewis] |
12295 | 3-D says things are stretched in space but not in time, and entire at a time but not at a location [Fine,K] |
12298 | Genuine motion, rather than variation of position, requires the 'entire presence' of the object [Fine,K] |
8271 | An object 'endures' if it is always wholly present, and 'perdures' if different parts exist at different times [Lowe] |
14727 | Three-dimensionalists assert 'enduring', being wholly present at each moment, and deny 'temporal parts' [Sider] |
14738 | Some might say that its inconsistency with time travel is a reason to favour three-dimensionalism [Sider] |
16192 | Endurance theory can relate properties to times, or timed instantiations to properties [Hawley] |
16196 | Endurance is a sophisticated theory, covering properties, instantiation and time [Hawley] |
13924 | The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger] |
13930 | Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger] |