TY - JOUR
AU - Skrzypek, Jeremy W.
AB - In this paper, I introduce a version of perdurantism called Priority Perdurantism, according to which perduring, four-dimensional objects are ontologically fundamental and the temporal parts of those objects are ontologically derivative, depending for their existence and their identity on the four-dimensional wholes of which they are parts. I argue that by switching the order of the priority relations this opens up new solutions to the too-many-thinkers problem and the personite problem – solutions that are more ontologically robust than standard maximality solutions. I then consider and respond to two initial objections to the view: that it no longer counts as a perdurantist theory and that it reintroduces the problem of temporary intrinsics. I conclude by offering two further advantages of priority perdurantism: that it is consistent with hunky time and with the existence of irreducibly temporally-extended actions, such as those pertaining to deliberative agency.
TI - Priority Perdurantism
JO - Erkenntnis
DO - 10.1007/s10670-022-00595-x
DA - 2024-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/priority-perdurantism-Z4cgbPjuj5
SP - 1555
EP - 1580
VL - 89
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -