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Four-Dimensionalism: An Ontology of Persistence and Time (Hardcover)

by Theodore Sider (Author)
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`Sider has a number of good original arguments ... also he has done a good job of collecting arguments from a large and messy literature, including some that are often mentioned but never properly stated ... Sider has also done us all a service by thinking of a way of defining four-dimensionalism that ought to be acceptable to its opponents.' The Philosophical Quarterly

`Dimensionally-challenged it may be, rigorous and analytic it certainly is, but many of the conclusions reached are startling ... His claim is that [four-dimensionalism] yields a more coherent ontology than any of its competitors. His defence of this claim is impressive: bold, clear, wide-ranging and fair-minded; it is the best of its kind on offer.' Barry Dainton, Times Literary Supplement

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Lucid, absorbing, and original, this book defends the theory that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. Along the way, it addresses many topics on the metaphysics of time and identity. These include the status of past and future objects, the nature of motion and change, the existence of composite objects, and examples involving two things in the same place at the same time.

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 7, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 019924443X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199244430
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,993,712 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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