An analysis of persistence
âSomething persists iff it exists at more than one timeâ asserts Lewis. How things persist takes two forms: âsomething perdures iff it persists by having different temporal parts, or stages, at different timesâ whereas âit endures iff it persists by being wholly present at more than one time. Lewisâ words show insight although some of their import has been overlooked. The debate has been articulated mainly around the interplay between theories of time and persistence, oblivious of the evidence that Lewisâ definitions embed philosophically ubiquitous and crucial notions like existence (and identity) which deserves to be investigated. In addition, the inquiry has often moved from time to persistence: e.g. teasing out the features that a specific view of time had which yielded a specific theory of persistence, whereas as it has recently been urged the relationship between views of time and persistence might be more relaxed: any theory of time could fit with any theory of persistence. This thesis is an exploration of persistence, time, and existence (and to a lesser extent identity) to make sense of whether and how the first could affect the others. The investigation is restricted to material objects
Catelan, Stefano
An analysis of persistence. âSomething persists iff it exists at more than one timeâ asserts Lewis. How things persist takes two forms: âsomething perdures iff it persists by having different temporal parts, or stages, at different timesâ whereas âit endures iff it persists by being wholly present at more than one time. Lewisâ words show insight although some of their import has been overlooked. The debate has been articulated mainly around the interplay between theories of time and persistence, oblivious of the evidence that Lewisâ definitions embed philosophically ubiquitous and crucial notions like existence (and identity) which deserves to be investigated. In addition, the inquiry has often moved from time to persistence: e.g. teasing out the features that a specific view of time had which yielded a specific theory of persistence, whereas as it has recently been urged the relationship between views of time and persistence might be more relaxed: any theory of time could fit with any theory of persistence. This thesis is an exploration of persistence, time, and existence (and to a lesser extent identity) to make sense of whether and how the first could affect the others. The investigation is restricted to material objects
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