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(philosophy) An ontological position stating that an object's persistence through time is like its extension through space.

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four-dimensionalism

Source Word

four-dimensionalism

Noun

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(philosophy) An ontological position stating that an object's persistence through time is like its extension through space.

Japanese Meaning

(哲学) 物体が時間を経ても存在し続ける様子は、空間上に広がる様子に類似しているとする存在論的立場。

In contemporary metaphysics, four-dimensionalism offers a compelling account of how objects persist through time as temporal parts.

現代形而上学において、四次元主義は、物体が時間を通じてどのように存続するかを、空間における拡がりになぞらえて説明する説として説得力がある。

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(philosophy) An ontological position stating that an object's persistence through time is like its extension through space.