{"product_id":"four-dimensionalism","title":"Four-Dimensionalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour-Dimensionalism defends the thesis that the material world is composed of temporal as well as spatial parts.  This defense includes a novel account of persistence over time, new arguments in favour of the four-dimensional ontology, and responses to the challenges four-dimensionalism faces. Theodore Sider pays particular attention to the philosophy of time, including a strong series of arguments against presentism, the thesis that only the\n\u003cbr\u003epresent is real. Arguments offered in favour of four-dimensionalism include novel arguments based on time travel, the debate beween spacetime substantivalists and relationalists, and vagueness.  Also included is a\n\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive discussion of the paradoxes of coinciding material objects, and a novel resolution of those paradoxes based on temporal counterpart theory. In conclusion Sider replies to prominent objections to four-dimensionalism, including discussion of the problem of the rotating homogenous disk.Four Dimensionalism  is an original and highly readable study of the metaphysics of time and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059067646190,"sku":"9780199244430","price":293.33,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199244430_58ad059a-4708-4546-9bec-145407495402.jpg?v=1706220855","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/four-dimensionalism","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}