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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Every Thing Must Go' and 'The Problem of Consciousness'

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

14958	A continuous object might be a type, with instances at each time [Ladyman/Ross]
	Full Idea: Why should not 'Napoleon' be a type, of which 'Napoleon in 1805' and 'Napoleon in 1813' are instances?
	From: J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 5.6)
	A reaction: That is very nice. That might be a view that suits presentism, where the timed instances never co-exist, and so have the sort of abstract existence that we associate with types.