http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/zimmerman/TempIntrinsicsPostscript.pdf WebbIn this thesis I survey two theories of change that are supposed to meet the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics. Finding both to be inadequate and prone to the objection that they …
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WebbTemporary Intrinsics The principal and decisive objection against endurance, as an account of the persistence of ordinary things such as people or puddles, is the problem of temporary intrinsics. Persisting things change their intrinsic properties. For instance shape: when I sit, I have a bent shape; when I stand, I have a straightened shape. Webb1 mars 2010 · I then show how the considerations raised in this general argument undermine other attempts to resolve the problem while denying perdurance. All these attempts are undermined by an assumption essential to the problem of temporary intrinsics, to wit, that there are many moments of time and all have the same ontological … diageo renfrew road
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Webbthe problem of temporary intrinsics can be adequately resolved.2 On this view, the problem of temporary intrinsics and the MTP are linked, at least in the following sense: the MTP … Webbfamously described the problem of temporary intrinsics as the 'prin ciple and decisive objection against endurance' (Lewis 1986, p. 204). Few now share Lewis's confidence … WebbAbstract It is standardly assumed that there are three — and only three — ways to solve problem of temporary intrinsics: (a) embrace presentism, (b) relativize property possession to times, or (c) accept the doctrine of temporal parts. The first two solutions are favoured by endurantists, whereas the third is the perdurantist solution of choice. diageo product range