Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time
<p>My thesis is a development and defence of the "Williamsonian" view of time, a temporalmetaphysical theory based on Timothy Williamson’s (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002) views concerning modality. As far as I am aware, the theory has never been developed or defended in print. The Williamso...
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| description | <p>My thesis is a development and defence of the "Williamsonian" view of time, a temporalmetaphysical theory based on Timothy Williamson’s (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002) views concerning modality. As far as I am aware, the theory has never been developed or defended in print. The Williamsonian view is a version of the "a-theory" of time based on acceptance of the thesis of eternal existence, according to which always, everything always exists (i.e. everything exists eternally). I defend the Williamsonian view by showing that every other plausible temporal-metaphysical theory is subject to serious objections that cannot be raised against the Williamsonian view. I conclude that the Williamsonian view is the only plausible theory of time.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2feaa0d7-38a8-411a-ac36-16cc50818fd52024-12-07T11:31:30ZEternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of timeThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccuuid:2feaa0d7-38a8-411a-ac36-16cc50818fd5PhilosophyMetaphysicsEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2010Deasy, DLHawthorne, J<p>My thesis is a development and defence of the "Williamsonian" view of time, a temporalmetaphysical theory based on Timothy Williamson’s (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002) views concerning modality. As far as I am aware, the theory has never been developed or defended in print. The Williamsonian view is a version of the "a-theory" of time based on acceptance of the thesis of eternal existence, according to which always, everything always exists (i.e. everything exists eternally). I defend the Williamsonian view by showing that every other plausible temporal-metaphysical theory is subject to serious objections that cannot be raised against the Williamsonian view. I conclude that the Williamsonian view is the only plausible theory of time.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy Metaphysics Deasy, DL Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title | Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title_full | Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title_fullStr | Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title_short | Eternal existents: in defence of the Williamsonian view of time |
| title_sort | eternal existents in defence of the williamsonian view of time |
| topic | Philosophy Metaphysics |
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