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presentism: a standalone construct

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Metaphysics

view that only present objects and events exist, so that past and future things are not part of reality at all.

In metaphysics, presentism refers to view that only present objects and events exist, so that past and future things are not part of reality at all. This meaning comes from Markosian (2004) in Oxford Studies In Metaphysics.[1]

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future3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs grounding problem for presentism1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct regimes of historicity1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Markosian, N. (2004). A Defense of Presentism. In Oxford Studies In Metaphysics (pp. 47-82). Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199267729.003.0003

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