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Powers, persistence, and the problem of temporary intrinsics (2024)
Journal Article
Allen, S. (2024). Powers, persistence, and the problem of temporary intrinsics. Philosophical Studies, Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Persistence and (De Re) Modality, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-024-02157-z

David Lewis uses the problem of temporary intrinsics to motivate a perdurantist account of persistence in which four-dimensional individuals consist of temporal parts. Other philosophers use his argument to conclude that apparently persisting indivi... Read More about Powers, persistence, and the problem of temporary intrinsics.