Abstract
Presentism is the view that only present entities exist. Recently, several authors have asked the question whether presentism is able to account for cross-time relations, ie, roughly, relations between entities existing at different times. In this paper I claim that this question is to be answered in the affirmative. To make this claim plausible, I consider four types of cross-time relation and show how each can be accommodated without difficulty within the metaphysical framework of presentism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 386-402 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |