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Single Idea 22612

[catalogued under 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time]

Full Idea

Endurance and perdurance are not explanations, but are merely characterisations of persistance with the constraints imposed by either an A or a B view of time.

Gist of Idea

Endurance and perdurance just show the consequences of A or B series time

Source

R.D. Ingthorsson (A Powerful Particulars View of Causation [2021], 2.1)

A Reaction

This is 3-D asnd 4-D objects. A simple and illuminating observation. I love reading broad brush books that make all these simple connections between what seem isolated theories in philosophy. These links are the heart of the subject.

Book Reference

'Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time', ed/tr. Callender,Craig [OUP 2013], p.20

Related Idea

Idea 7802 A-series uses past, present and future; B-series uses 'before' and 'after' [McTaggart, by Girle]