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Single Idea 16192

[filed under theme 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism ]

Full Idea

Endurance theory might claim a banana stands (atemporally) in different relations to different times (being-green-at to Monday), ..or has different instantiation relations to different properties (instantiates-on-Monday to being green).

Gist of Idea

Endurance theory can relate properties to times, or timed instantiations to properties

Source

Katherine Hawley (How Things Persist [2001], 1.3)

Book Ref

Hawley,Katherine: 'How Things Persist' [OUP 2004], p.15


A Reaction

She suggests that the first approach is more plausible for endurantists. I think she is right (assuming these are the only two options). Monday awaits a banana, but yellow doesn't.


The 12 ideas with the same theme [objects extend in space, but not in time]:

'Dense' time raises doubts about continuous objects, so they need 'continuous' time [Harré/Madden]
Endurance is the wrong account, because things change intrinsic properties like shape [Lewis]
There are three responses to the problem that intrinsic shapes do not endure [Lewis]
3-D says things are stretched in space but not in time, and entire at a time but not at a location [Fine,K]
Genuine motion, rather than variation of position, requires the 'entire presence' of the object [Fine,K]
An object 'endures' if it is always wholly present, and 'perdures' if different parts exist at different times [Lowe]
Three-dimensionalists assert 'enduring', being wholly present at each moment, and deny 'temporal parts' [Sider]
Some might say that its inconsistency with time travel is a reason to favour three-dimensionalism [Sider]
Endurance theory can relate properties to times, or timed instantiations to properties [Hawley]
Endurance is a sophisticated theory, covering properties, instantiation and time [Hawley]
The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger]
Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger]