Presentism is the view that only present things exist. So understood, presentism is primarily
an ontological doctrine; it'sa view about what exists, absolutely and unrestrictedly. The view …

Thisness Presentism outlines and defends a novel version of presentism, the view that only
present entities exist and what is present really changes, a view of time that captures a real …

4 A branching succession of fragments with respect to F 0. 88 5 Reality is constituted only by
facts in h 1. 91 6 Twin paradox scenario. 128 7 An 'expanded'representation of fragments …

Ostrich presentists maintain that we can use all the expressive resources of the tensed
language to provide an explanation of why true claims about the past are true, without …

We argue that sensitivity to the distinction between the tensed notion of being something
and the tensed notion of being located at the present time serves as a good antidote to …

Presentism, the view that only what's present exists, seems to be intuitively very appealing.
The intuitive appeal of presentism constitutes a main reason for treating the view as a …

Presentism is, roughly, the ontological view that only the present exists. Among the
philosophers engaged in the metaphysics of time there is wide agreement that presentism is …

Temporal ersatzism is the view that past entities exist, but are not concrete. The view is
analogous to modal ersatzism, according to which merely possible worlds exist, but are not …

Presentism is usually understood as the thesis that only the present exists whereas the rival
theory of eternalism is usually understood as the thesis that past, present, and future things …

Temporal ontology is concerned with the ontological status of the past, the present and the
future, with presentism and eternalism as main contenders since the second half of the last …