Full Idea
Rather than treating presentness as an acquired property …. presentism equates the metaphysical specialness of the present with existence.
Gist of Idea
The present moment is a matter of existence, not of acquiring a property
Source
Baron,S/Miller,K (Intro to the Philosophy of Time [2019], 2.2)
Book Reference
Baron,S/Miller,K: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Time' [Polity 2019], p.40
A Reaction
It seems like common sense to say that the recent scratching of my chin came into existence and then went out of existence (rather than that it acquired and then lost a property).
Related Idea
Idea 22996 The A-series has to treat being past, present or future as properties [Baron/Miller]