Thesis
Permanents: in defence of the moving spotlight theory
- Abstract:
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This thesis describes and defends the moving spotlight theory, a metaphysical theory concerning the fundamental temporal structure of reality. The moving spotlight theory has two essential components: first, a thesis about presentness; and second, a thesis about the existence (in the most general sense) of things over time. The first thesis is that exactly one instant of time is absolutely, objectively, non-relatively present. This thesis is usually called the ‘A-theory o...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Hawthorne, J
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
+ Dorr, C
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ National University of Ireland; Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Deasy, D
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:9134
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-16
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Daniel Liam Deasy
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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