On Continuity and Endurance

Authors: Claudio Mazzola

Publish Date: 2014/08/27

Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-147

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Abstract

According to threedimensionalism objects persist in time by being wholly present at each time they exist on the contrary fourdimensionalism asserts that objects persist by having different temporal parts at different times or that they are instantaneous temporal parts of fourdimensional aggregates Le Poidevin has argued that fourdimensionalism better accommodates two common assumptions concerning persistence and continuity namely that time itself is continuous and that objects persist in time in a continuous way To this purpose he has offered two independent arguments each of which moves from a different understanding of continuity In this paper both of Le Poidevin’s arguments will be discussed and rejected

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