'Four-Dimensionalism' - analiza i interpretacja

Autor

  • Mariusz Grygianiec Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warszawski

Abstrakt

There are several faces of Four-Dimensionalism. Sometimes 4D-ism is formulated as the thesis that the material world is composed of spatial as well as temporal parts. Another version of 4D-ism states that persisting objects are extended over time in the same way that they are extended over space. Some Four-Dimensionalists defend the thesis that all objects persist by perduring i.e. by having different temporal parts at different times. Sometimes 4D-ism means the same as eternalism - the thesis that past and future objects (and times) are just as real as currently existing ones. Finally it can mean the thesis that all objects are in fact four-dimensional i.e. they are in every case a filling of some subregions of space-time. The author examines some varieties of 4D-ism and tries to formulate both a precise meaning of those doctrines and an evaluation of them.

Pobrania

Opublikowane

2007-03-01

Jak cytować

Grygianiec, M. (2007). ’Four-Dimensionalism’ - analiza i interpretacja. Filozofia Nauki, 15(1), 105–120. Pobrano z https://www.fn.uw.edu.pl/index.php/fn/article/view/500