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Thisness Presentism An Essay on Time, Truth, and Ontology

226 Pages

by Routledge

226 Pages

by Routledge

226 Pages

by Routledge

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Thisness Presentism outlines and defends a novel version of presentism, the view that only present entities exist and what is present really changes, a view of time that captures a real and objective difference between what is past, present, and future, and which offers a model of reality that is dynamic and mutable, rather than static and immutable. The book advances a new defence of... Read more

Introduction

Part I. The Theory

1. What is Presentism?

2. Why Presentism?

3. A Thisness Ontology

Part II. The Virtues

4. Propositions

5. Truth & Truth-Making

6. Thisness & Truth-Making

7. The Open Future

8. Passage, Change, & Causation

Part III. Dialectical Issues

9. Nefarious Truth & Ontological Explanation

10. Varieties of Presentism

Conclusion

Author(s)

Biography

David Ingram is an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York and a Senior Member of the Centre for Philosophy of Time. He has published articles on metaphysics (particularly the metaphysics of time) in Analysis, Philosophical Studies, and The Philosophical Quarterly.

Critics' Reviews

"In this book, David Ingram presents a thoughtful, elegant, and beautifully argued defense of a particular version of presentism, one that has hitherto not been developed in detail . . . The book is a superb piece of work. Anyone interested in the philosophy of time, whether presentist or non-presentist, metaphysician or non-metaphysician, stands to benefit greatly from engaging with it." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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