I argue that the debate between the so-called presentists and eternalists either lacks substance or is merely pragmatical. Consequently, I show that such a debate has no implications whatsoever both for our understanding of Minkowski spacetime and for notions like change, persistence and becorning. In particular, becoming should not be construed as presupposing an antological asymmetry between past (or present) and future, but as the successive occurrence of timelike-related events, an issue related to the various arrows that have been taken to mark the asymmetry of time.
Dorato, M. (2006). The Irrelevance of the Presentist/Eternalist Debate for the Ontology of Minkowski Spacetime. In D. Dieks (ed.) (a cura di), The Ontology of Spacetime (pp. 93-109). Elsevier B.V. [10.1016/S1871-1774(06)01005-9].
The Irrelevance of the Presentist/Eternalist Debate for the Ontology of Minkowski Spacetime
DORATO, Mauro
2006-01-01
Abstract
I argue that the debate between the so-called presentists and eternalists either lacks substance or is merely pragmatical. Consequently, I show that such a debate has no implications whatsoever both for our understanding of Minkowski spacetime and for notions like change, persistence and becorning. In particular, becoming should not be construed as presupposing an antological asymmetry between past (or present) and future, but as the successive occurrence of timelike-related events, an issue related to the various arrows that have been taken to mark the asymmetry of time.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
