Quantitative Parsimony and the Metaphysics of Time: Motivating Presentism
Article first published online: 24 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2012.00617.x
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TALLANT, J. (2012), Quantitative Parsimony and the Metaphysics of Time: Motivating Presentism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. doi: 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2012.00617.x
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In this paper I argue that presentism—the view that only present objects exist—can be motivated, at least to some degree, by virtue of the fact that it is more quantitatively parsimonious than rival views.

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