How do material objects persist through time and survive change? Are they three-dimensional entities extended in space, but not in time, or are they four-dimensional spacetime 'worms'? Yuri Balashov shows how Einstein's theory of relativity supports four-dimensionalism, and in so doing illuminates a wide rangeof metaphysical issues. INDICE: 1: Background and Assumptions; 2: Persistence, Location and Multilocation in Spacetime; 3: Classical and Relativistic Spacetime; 4: Persisting Objects in Classical Spacetime; 5: Persisting Objects in Minkowski Spacetime; 6: Coexistence in Spacetime; 7: Strange Coexistence?; 8: Shapes and Other Arrangements in Minkowski Spacetime; References
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957992-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés