Is consequentialist perdurantism in moral trouble?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02764-3
Abstract: There has been a growing worry (raised in some form or another by Dean Zimmerman, Eric Olson, A.P. Taylor, Mark Johnston and Alex Kaiserman) that perdurantism—and similarly ontologically abundant views—is morally untenable. For perdurantism posits… read more here.
Keywords: consequentialist; moral trouble; perdurantism; consequentialism ... See more keywords
The epistemic objection against perdurantism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-024-04758-x
Abstract: According to Perdurantism, persons are identical to maximal aggregates of appropriately interrelated temporal parts. Within the Perdurantist framework, an epistemic concern arises, targeting the perduring persons’ belief that they are persons, suggesting that, ultimately, they… read more here.
Keywords: objection; perdurantism; epistemic objection; objection perdurantism ... See more keywords
Musical Perdurantism and the Problem of Intermittent Existence
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DOI: 10.1163/18756735-000004
Abstract: Recently, a number of philosophers have defended a novel, materialist view on the nature of musical works—musical perdurantism. According to this view, musical works are a peculiar kind of concreta, namely perduring mereological sums of… read more here.
Keywords: perdurantism; musical perdurantism; intermittent existence; problem intermittent ... See more keywords