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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| Title of host publication | Presentism : essential Readings |
| Publisher | Lexington Books |
| Pages | 207-225 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780739145005 |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2010 |
Bibliographical note
This article is also published as De Clercq, R. (2006). Presentism and the problem of cross-time relations. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 72(2), 386-402. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40040930Fingerprint
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