Defining ,exdurance'

Author: Balashov, Yuri

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 133, Number 1, March 2007 , pp. 143-149(7)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

On stage theory, ordinary continuants are instantaneous stages which persist by exduring—by bearing temporal counterpart relations to other such stages. Exduring objects lack temporal extension and there is a sense in which they are wholly present at multiple instants. How then is exdurance different from endurance? I offer a definition of ,exdurance' that clearly sets it apart from other modes of persistence.

Keywords: Endurance; Exdurance; Perdurance; Location; Mereology; Persistence; Spacetime

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-006-9011-x

Affiliations: 1: Email: yuri@uga.edu

Publication date: 2007-03-01