THREE-DIMENSIONAL THEORIES OF PERSISTENCE
Bogdan Vladimirovich Faul
Saint-Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy, Zanevsky 20, 6
Keywords: time, persistence metaphysics, indexicalism, adverbialism
Abstract
The problem of persistence is one of the central problems in modern analytic metaphysics. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to this topic in the Russian literature. The article concentrates on explication of the main theoretical solutions available within the framework of three-dimensional ontologies of persistence in time. The author analyzes the problem of temporary intrinsics and the available strategies for solving this problem, viz indexicalism and adverbialism. Then, he considers the paradox of constitution. First, the paradox itself is explicated. Second, the identification of the problem that makes the constitutive paradox seem problematic is proposed. Third, two classes of solutions to the paradox are studied: pluralism and monism.
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