Category: Temporal Ontology
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John Bigelow’s Lucretian Defense of Presentism, Part I, Set-Up
What follows in two parts is a critique of John Bigelow's Presentism and Properties. This installment is Part One. Bigelow begins by telling us that he is a presentist: "nothing exists which is not present." (35) He goes on to say that this was believed by everyone, including philosophers, until the 19th century. But this…