{"product_id":"four-dimensionalism","title":"Four-Dimensionalism","description":"Four-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts. This defense includes a novel account of persistence over time, new arguments in favour of the four-dimensional ontology, and responses to the challenges four-dimensionalism faces. \nTheodore Sider pays particular attention to the philosophy of time, including a strong series of arguments against presentism, the thesis that only the present is real. Arguments offered in favour of four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate beween spacetime substantivalists and relationalists, and vagueness. Also included is a comprehensive discussion of the paradoxes of coinciding material objects, and a novel resolution of those paradoxes based on temporal counterpart theory. In conclusion Sider replies to prominent objections to four-dimensionalism, including discussion of the problem of the rotating homogenous disk.\nFour Dimensionalism is an original and highly readable study of the metaphysics of time and identity.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54230354133336,"sku":"9780199263523","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780199263523_b841e083-cf4c-46bd-b9e3-fbc868aefe59.jpg?v=1764891014","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/four-dimensionalism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}