Full Idea
Three-dimensionalists say that things have no 'temporal parts', that they 'endure', and that they are wholly present at every moment of their careers.
Gist of Idea
Three-dimensionalists assert 'enduring', being wholly present at each moment, and deny 'temporal parts'
Source
Theodore Sider (Four Dimensionalism [2001], 3)
Book Reference
Sider,Theodore: 'Four Dimensionalism' [OUP 2003], p.53
A Reaction
An obvious problem case for being wholly present would be the building and fitting of a large ship, where it might seem to be present before it was wholly present.
Related Idea
Idea 14726 Four-dimensionalists assert 'temporal parts', 'perduring', and being spread out over time [Sider]