the burning fuse
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A Pre-ply The Burning Fuse Model of Unbecoming in Time John D. Norton Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh. The Burning Fuse. Future. Real. posseses a capacity: it can come to be present. consumed by the. Present. to become the ashes of. Unreal. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Pre-ply
The Burning Fuse Model of Unbecoming in Time
John D. NortonDepartment of History
and Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh
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Realposseses a capacity: it can come to be present
Unreallost the capacity: it cannot come to be present
The Burning Fuse
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Future
consumed by the
Present
to become the ashes of
Past
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Pluto no longer a planet
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International Astronomical Union, 2006 General Assembly: Resolutions. IAU. 2006-08-24
Outrage….
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How do we assign the label “real”?
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Future
Present
Past
…but otherwise disagree on no astronomical fact.
No independent notion of unreality beyond not being present. Hence presentism becomes true by definition.(Mauro Dorato +…)
Earth one year in future.
Earth one year in past.
Earth now.
Presentists
Real
Unreal
Unreal
Eternalists
Real
Real
Real
Possibilists
Unreal
Real
Real
How do we assign the label “part”?
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PerdurantismState of the earth now
is just
a temporal partof the earth
perduring through its history.
EndurantismState of the earth now
is
the totalityof the earth
enduring through its history.