Titlebook: Real Fourdimensionalism; An Essay in the Onto Ludwig Jaskolla Book 2017 Springer International Publishing AG 2017 Problems of Fourdimension

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Summary of the WorkThere have been various challenges to 4-dimensionalism; those are developed in this essay and arranged in a taxonomy. Real Fourdimensionalism is a version of panexperiential stage theory and its alleged model of persistence-as-deciding answers the questions raised by the taxonomy.

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Persistence? From a Philosopher’s Point of Viewncrete particulars – and in particular of persons – can be motivated with examples from literature. I then delineate a philosophical trilemma arguing that the puzzle of persistence is an interesting and genuine philosophical problem.

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Models of Persistenceuzzle and discuss versions of 3-dimensionalism as well as worm theory and stage theory as example cases of 4-dimensionalism. I end with two remarks: First, I present an argument against ontological 3D-4D-deflationism. Second, provide some brief remarks on special and general relativity as arguments

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