I show that the age-old debate between presentists (claiming that only the present events are real) and eternalists (claiming that past, present and future events are equally real) is ill-posed and that there is no clear way to express an ontological disagreement between the two positions. As a consequence, all attempts at using the special theory of relativity to adjudicate debate of these sorts are misplaced.

Dorato, M. (2004). Minkowski spacetime and the presentist/eternalist debate (Concordia University, Montreal).

Minkowski spacetime and the presentist/eternalist debate (Concordia University, Montreal)

DORATO, Mauro
2004-01-01

Abstract

I show that the age-old debate between presentists (claiming that only the present events are real) and eternalists (claiming that past, present and future events are equally real) is ill-posed and that there is no clear way to express an ontological disagreement between the two positions. As a consequence, all attempts at using the special theory of relativity to adjudicate debate of these sorts are misplaced.
2004
Dorato, M. (2004). Minkowski spacetime and the presentist/eternalist debate (Concordia University, Montreal).
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