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Single Idea 11876

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

Full Idea

If horse-stages made sense at all, it would be easier to go from horses to horse-stages than to go from horse-stages to horses.

Gist of Idea

It is easier to go from horses to horse-stages than from horse-stages to horses

Source

David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance Renewed [2001], 6.9)

Book Reference

Wiggins,David: 'Sameness and Substance Renewed' [CUP 2001], p.178


A Reaction

A nice remark, analogous to 'it is easier to break a vase than to mend it'. Going from horse-stages to horses is the classic difficulty for 'bundle theories' (of objects, or persons): what is it that unites the bundle?