The Presentist’s Dilemma

Author: meyer, Ulrich

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 122, Number 3, February 2005 , pp. 213-225(13)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper defends three theses: (i) that presentism is either trivial or untenable; (ii) that the debate between tensed and tenseless theories of time is not about the status of presentism; and (iii) that there is no temporal analogue of the modal thesis of actualism.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-005-1784-9

Affiliations: 1: Colgate University Hamilton, New York, USA, Email: umeyer@mail.colgate.edu

Publication date: 2005-02-01