Department of Philosophy

ONLINE JOINT SEMINAR

The University of Hong Kong
Lingnan University
National University of Singapore

Dan Marshall
Lingnan University

A temporal comparison argument for presentism

Thursday
16 December 2021
4:00-5:45 pm

Zoom link:
https://hku.zoom.us/j/92448586439?pwd=amJPTmpReUdzYkZCbXFhUnFwcms3Zz09

Abstract:

Presentism (on at least one version of the view) is the thesis that everything that exists presently exists. Presentism is the temporal analogue of actualism, which holds that everything that exists actually exists. I give an argument for this version of presentism that exploits the role ‘presently’ has in making comparisons between what is the case and what was or will be the case. I then defend this argument from objections.

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Nathaniel Sharadin
sharadin@hku.hk