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Single Idea 14724

[from 'Four Dimensionalism' by Theodore Sider, in 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism ]

Full Idea

The presentist must deny the truth of everyday claims that concern multiple times taken together.

Gist of Idea

Presentists must deny truths about multiple times

Source

Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 2.2)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.25


A Reaction

This rests on the extent to which every truth has an ontological commitment. You can deny the literal existence of multiple times without denying such truths.