The problem(s) of change revisited

Summary, in English

Two recurrent arguments levelled against the view that enduring objects survive change are examined within the framework of the B-theory of time: the argument from Leibniz's Law and the argument from Instantiation of Incompatible Properties. Both arguments are shown to be question-begging and hence unsuccessful.

• Author: Tobias Hansson Wahlberg
• Department/s: Theoretical Philosophy
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Pages: 265-274
• Publication/Series: Dialectica
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 2
• Full text: - 225 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1746-8361.2007.01113.x/abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-8361.2007.01113.x
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Philosophy
• Keywords: change; persistence; endurance; Leibniz's Law; the problem of temporary intrinsics; the problem of change; time; B-time
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1746-8361