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Single Idea 14734

[from 'Four Dimensionalism' by Theodore Sider, in 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / f. Tenseless (B) series ]

Full Idea

The B-series has two components: eternalism - the thesis that all future entities are real - and the thesis of reducibility of tense.

Gist of Idea

The B-series involves eternalism, and the reduction of tense

Source

Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 4.2)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.76